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Areas of Routine Violations (cont'd)
A.
Transportation
A-2
Overcrowding
There are currently no loading density regulations for
poultry in Canada. In practice, we see a majority of
trailers overloaded to the point where the birds onboard
are not allowed to move one step in any direction.
An added concern with turkeys is that many of the birds
who die do so in a prone position, their bodies stretched
diagonally across the crate, trapping the others into one
small corner. Many of these birds become completely
immobilized.
Granny's Poultry, Blumenort, Manitoba October, 2007
Granny's Poultry, Blumenort, Manitoba January 21, 2008
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