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WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) have petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to amend the U.S. animal export regulations to include "fitness to travel" requirements for all farmed animals exported to any foreign country except those traveling overland to Canada or Mexico. AWI and WSPA are recommending that the USDA adopt the fitness requirements included in the animal transport standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (or "OIE").
Live animal exports from the U.S. have increased dramatically. In 2010, the number of beef and dairy cattle exported to countries other than Canada and Mexico more than quadrupled over the previous year. Exports are projec...
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... Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Warmblooded Animals Other Than Dogs, Cats, Rabb... intermediate handlers shall not accept any live animals presented by any dealer, research facility...
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. A government crackdown on live fish shipments from the Great Lakes states is intended to check the spread of a deadly aquatic virus, but critics say it could devastate the region's fishing industry.
In an emergency order last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service banned interstate transport of 37 species of live fish from the eight states adjacent to the Great Lakes. Importing those species from the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec also was prohibited.
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... Air Transport Association (IATA) Live Animal Regulations and guidelines, as applicable. ...
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...SUBCHAPTER B: TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTAT... for transport to the United States any live wild mammal or bird in a primary enclosure that do... (a) The Container Requirements of the Live Animal Regulations (LAR), 20th edition, October 1, 1993, ...
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... the agricultural sector from plant and animal health threats, and we help insure humane care and...By combining the transportation service in wholesale farmers and alternative marke... is to facilitate the marketing of livestock, meat, poultry, cereals, oil seeds and related agr...
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...Packagings for live animals should be tested with the live animal bein...