Equine Canada and the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) announced in December the beginning of the 60-day public comment period for the draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines.
It is available for review online at www.nfacc.ca/codes-of-practice/equine.
Equine Canada is appealing to organizations across Canada to add their feedback.
Since the code will be Canada’s de facto document, it will have a better chance of reflecting a balance of beliefs and opinions about on-farm equine care if more Canadians participate in its development.
Equine-related organizations have until Feb. 14 to add comments or suggest alternative wording to the draft.
All feedback received through the online system will be considered by the independent Code Development Committee (CDC) and changes will be made where applicable.
Once finalized, the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines will be released into circulation during the summer of 2013.
For more information contact Jackie Wepruk, general manager and project coordinator, National Farm Animal Care Council at 403-783-4066, or via email at nfacc@xplornet.com. Visit the website at nfacc.ca.
