CIDI 024 PROF. F.

ARÉVALO
READING PRACTICE

WHO ensures animals are well cared for?

Taking pride in animal care

Each and every farmer takes great pride in caring for the land they manage and the animals they raise. In the case
of animals that are raised for food,
Farmers also ensure that the animals they use for work on their farms, such as horses, are also given the best care
possible.
From helping a cow give birth to a calf in the middle of the night to checking on chickens, caring for animals is
essential in what farmers have done every day for generations. All animals have basic needs, like food and water,
health, and quality of life. Livestock depend on farmers for everything, and farmers take this responsibility
seriously.
Farmers also rely on a variety of technical people to help them with animal care and are continually sharing new
technologies and management techniques to ensure their animals are healthy. Some of these professionals
include veterinarians, agrologists specializing in animal care, government extension workers, scientists, and animal
nutritionists.
Caring for animals appropriately is simply a matter of doing the correct thing, but it also business. Happy, healthy
animals are better because they are more productive animals and lead to higher quality food products. Farmers
are also continually working to improve farm animal care based on new and proven science. They invest in
investigation on farm animal behaviour and housing to help better understand what farm animals need.
Farmers, like all animal owners, must follow rules for humane treatment. In addition to these rules, farmers have
helped to develop the “Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals,” in conjunction with animal
scientists, government, veterinarians, industry partners and the CFHS (Canadian Federation of Humane Societies).
The Codes, which are internationally-recognized as models of responsible animal care, explain what’s appropriate
in the daily care and handling of livestock and poultry.

A. Skimming.
1. What’s the topic of the text? ____animal care________________________________________________
2. What is the main idea of the text? _THE TEXT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ANIMAL CARE
FOR A BETTER PRODUCTION, IT DESCRIBES ANIMAL CARE AND TALKS ABOUT ITS
REGULATIONS ___
Scanning
1. Mention some responsibilities of the farmers.

TO ENSURE ANIMALS RECEIVE GOOD CARE. / TO HELP THEM

TO COVER THE ANIMALS’ BASIC NEEDS

2. Why do farmers share new technologies and management techniques?

TO ENSURE THE ANIMALS ARE HEALTHY.

3. Why are healthy animals better than other animals?

BECAUSE THEY’RE MORE PRODUCTIVE, AND THE PRODUCTS ARE OF HIGH QUALITY

4. Mention the animals’ basic needs

WATER & FOOD, HEALTH, AND QUALITY OF LIFE

5. What do the codes of practice for the care and handling of farm animals explain?

IT EXPLAINS WHAT’S APPROPRIATE IN THE DAILY CARE AND HANDLING OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.