No more cruelty to livestock

Final destination: Chickens stacked in baskets arriving by lorry at the Selayang wholesale market.

Details such as the minimum space requirements for animals on vehicles, the number of cages and proper ventilation will be listed out in the regulations currently being drawn up by the Veterinary Services Department (DVS).

“These moves will ensure the animals will not be harmed or overly crammed while being delivered in lorries and other modes of transpor­tation,” DVS director-general Datuk Dr Quaza Nizamuddin Hassan Nizam said.