procedures in livestock breeding | procedures in livestock reproduction | legislation in livestock breeding | livestock reproduction

reproduction method [ breeding procedure ]

animal breeding | breeding | breeding of animals | selective breeding of animals

autochtonous breed | hardy breed | indigenous Breed | land race | landrace | native breed

breeding | plant breeding | plant improvement | plant selection | selective breeding | selective breeding of plants

supervising turkey breeding | turkey breeding supervising | manage turkey breeding | supervise turkey breeding

rabbit breeding supervising | supervise breeding rabbits | manage rabbit breeding | rabbit breeding managing

true-breeding plant [ true breeding plant | pure breeding plant | pure-breeding plant ]

large breed [ large-frame breed | large-size breed ]

new plant breeding technique | NPBT | new breeding technique | NBT | new plant breeding technology | new breeding technology

Directive 98/58/EC calls on Member States to avoid unnecessary pain, suffering or injury of farm animals, and, more specifically, states in point 20 of its Annex that “natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures which cause, or are likely to cause, suffering or injury to any of the animals concerned must not be practised” .

(Return tabled) Question No. 20 Mr. Alex Atamanenko: With regard to the horse slaughter industry in Canada: (a) what was the reason for the temporary halt, initiated by European Union (EU) officials, to horse meat imports from Canada on October 12, 2012; (b) has Canada participated in talks with EU officials regarding the safety of horse meat from Canada since that time, (i) if so, what topics were discussed, (ii) what conclusions were reached; (c) what restrictions effective in 2013 will be imposed upon the Canadian horse meat industry by the EU, (i) what is the anticipated impact of these restrictions on the frequency and type of dru ...[+++]g residue testing on horse meat in Canada as well as on the data required on Equine Information Documents (EIDs), (ii) will the restrictions on prohibited/non-permitted drugs be further tightened; (d) is there any oversight by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on transport drivers and horse meat dealers listed on EIDs as current owners to check for a history of violations of the United States Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Transport, or CFIA transport regulations, (i) does the CFIA enhance its scrutiny of such violators or conduct follow-up investigations on those who have been flagged for violations, (ii) is this information shared with any other inter-connected government agency either in Canada or in the United States; (e) how often do CFIA inspectors do a visual inspection of the transports that arrive at the slaughter plants to ensure that the horses have been transported safely; (f) how many transport violations concerning horse slaughter transportation have been issued to transport drivers within the last five years, (i) how many warnings of violations have been issued, (ii) if the warnings have been ignored, how does the CFIA restrict or prohibit those transport drivers from conducting business in Canada; (g) how often does the CFIA conduct inspections of feedlots and how many warnings or violations were ...

The Directive forbids the practice of natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures, which cause, or are likely to cause, suffering or injury to any of the animals concerned.

Paragraph 20 prohibits natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures which cause or are likely to cause suffering or injury to any of the animals concerned.