Translation of "animal protection officer " (English → French) :

It introduces greater personal responsibility for the proper handling of animals, and also introduces a requirement to appoint a special officer responsible for animal protection in facilities which carry out slaughter.

19. Calls on the Commission to take greater account of animal protection aspects in the fight against animal diseases; considers that the vaccination of animals in certain regions in the case of emergencies is preferable to the killing of large numbers of healthy animals, albeit recognising the different attitudes to vaccination in each Member State and their potential effects on trade; considers moreover that, where technically possible, there ought to be greater scope for preventive vaccination; calls on the Commission to increase its efforts to adapt relevant treaties of the World Organisation for Animal Health ...[+++](Office International des Epizooties, OIE) accordingly, so that there are fewer trade restrictions as regards products originating from vaccinated animals;

That being said, by sending Bill S-213 to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, I believe the House will also be sending a clear message to prosecutors, judges and police officers that this Parliament believes in protecting animals and that it is against all forms of animal cruelty.

Question No. 6 Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: With regard to the federal Chief Firearms Officer Services Policy Manual which states: “An individual may be authorized to carry restricted firearms or certain handguns (as precribed in Section 12(6) of the Firearms Act) for two purposes: (1) protection of life, and (2) lawful occupation which includes employees of the armoured vehicle industry and those who require firearms for protection of life from wild animals while wor ...[+++]king in the remote wilderness”: (a) how many “protection of life” carry permits have been issued since December 1, 1998, in each province and territory; and (b) what types of firearms were applicants permitted to carry for their own protection?

(3) Whereas missions on BSE-related issues have been carried out in Portugal by the Commission Office for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection and Control from 7 to 12 July 1996 and by the Food and Veterinary Office of the Commission from 15 to 21 June 1997 and from 11 to 15 May 1998; whereas those missions contributed to the assessment of the application and effectiveness of measures to protect against BSE; whereas those missions concluded that, despite important improvements, not all risk factors were adequately managed; where ...[+++]as a follow-up mission was conducted by the food and Veterinary Office from 28 September to 2 October 1998; whereas that mission confirmed most of the findings of the previous missions and observed, despite an overall improvement, certain continued shortcomings in the enforcement of the measures to control the risk factors; whereas the sharp increase in the incidence of BSE, in particular since June 1998, raises serious concerns with regard to the development of the disease in the near future; whereas on the basis of that mission it is concluded that due to deficiencies existing until very recently in the implementation of Community legislation on identification and registration of animals, and of measures on TSE surveillance and BSE eradication, no adequate guarantees can be provided regarding the BSE history of the herds of origin and herds through which bovine animals pass and regarding the dams of bovine animals;

This matter of the caribou is an argument raised by the animal protection people and the associations of ecologists who have tried to lobby my office.