Canadian lamb slaughter has increased by 2% overall from 2011 to 2012. The Canadian slaughter graph below illustrates that most lamb is still slaughtered in provincial packing facilities. Slaughter in federal packing facilities increased by 4.7% and slaughter in provincial packing facilities increased by 0.8% in 2012. In Ontario, the overall lamb slaughter increased by 1.2% in 2012 compared to 2011. As illustrated in the Ontario slaughter graph below, the Ontario statistics follow the same trends as the Canadian statistics with most lamb being slaughtered in provincially inspected facilities. In Ontario, the provincial packing plant slaughter increased by 4% and the federal packing plant slaughter decreased by 23.7% in 2012. The percentage of sheep and lambs slaughtered in each region…
