Employee Animal Care Code Of Conduct Template printable pdf download

SAMPLE – For your personalizing

[Your Farm/Company] Employee Animal Care Code of Conduct

Our commitment to our animals

[Our company/farm] is committed to responsible farm animal care and handling.

That means animals in our care deserve to be healthy, safe and well cared for.

Our commitment to our customers

Working with animals is important work that we take seriously. We are proud of the

work that we do, and we strictly enforce responsible farm animal care and handling

among employees and service providers at our facility.

Every person who handles or comes into contact with an animal is required to

support our core objective of responsible farm animal care and handling. The

demonstration of that support is through the review and signing of this Code of

Conduct agreement on a [quarterly/annual] basis.

Our commitment to our employees

Your job is valuable and important to our animals, and our business. When you

report an incident involving possible mistreatment, illness or injury involving one of

our animals, we will take it seriously. We will document your concern. We will

follow up to resolve the animal’s situation, and/or provide additional training

among employees.

Our employees’ commitment to us

Every one of our employees is required to handle and treat animals with respect and

in accordance with [farm/company] policies and rules as well as the federal,

provincial and municipal regulations under which we operate.

Any employee who is responsible for, observes or receives any information that

alleges an animal on our property or in our care is being mistreated, mishandled or

treated or handled in a way that is contrary to our animal care policy/guidelines

must report that information to [NAME OF POINT PERSON] immediately so that

the situation can be corrected. [PROVIDE CONTACT INFO].

Failure to adhere to this agreement is cause for dismissal. [Farm/company]

reserves the right to refer animal-abusers to law enforcement for prosecution.

Employee Animal Care Code Of Conduct Template