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Drone video shows horse abuse at Alberta exporter feedlot, prompts call for investigation
LACOMBE—Disturbing drone video capturing the abuse of horses being loaded for transport in Lacombe has prompted Animal Justice, Canada’s leading animal law organization, to file complaints with the Alberta SPCA […]
Keep ReadingCalgary-area Jockey Banned After Animal Justice Flags History of Animal Abuse
CALGARY—Century Downs has said it has indefinitely banned a jockey from its facilities after Animal Justice flagged the jockey’s prior history of animal abuse in Manitoba. Whistleblower footage released last […]
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Dogs Leading the Way Out of Animal Experimentation | Panel Recap
For years, the suffering of animals used for science has been hidden behind closed doors—but the truth is finally coming to light.
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Ontario Place Case: Animal Justice Fights at Supreme Court to Protect Wildlife
Animal Justice is intervening in an important Supreme Court of Canada case involving Toronto’s Ontario Place, an essential habitat for local wildlife and stopover site for migratory birds.
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice porte plainte contre Les Producteurs de lait du Québec pour publicité trompeuse
Montréal, le 29 septembre 2026 – Animal Justice, principale organisation de droit animalier au Canada, porte plainte contre Les Producteurs de lait du Québec en rison d’une campagne publicitaire qui […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice Files Legal Complaints Over Misleading Quebec Dairy Ads
MONTREAL—Animal Justice has filed legal complaints against Les Producteurs de lait du Québec (PLQ) over a misleading advertising campaign that misrepresents how the vast majority of dairy cows in the […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice Statement on the Shedd’s Preliminary Whale Necropsy Findings
TORONTO—The preliminary findings of Shedd Aquarium’s necropsies of Peekachu and Rain, two beluga whales who died at the facility after their transfer from Marineland in Niagara Falls, are deeply troubling. […]
Keep ReadingStatement on the Death of Marineland Dolphin Echo in Spain
TORONTO—Animal Justice is deeply saddened by the news that Echo has died, a blind dolphin believed to be 30 years old, who was transferred from Marineland to Oceanogràfic València in […]
Keep ReadingAfter Fourth Beluga Death, Animal Justice Raises Questions About Ottawa’s Export Approvals
TORONTO—A fourth whale death connected to the mass Marineland transfer comes as deeply saddening news. It’s yet another tragedy demonstrating that the rushed plan to relocate the disgraced Niagara Falls […]
Keep ReadingThird Whale Death is Another Tragic Cost of Rushed Beluga Relocation to Clear Way For Marineland Redevelopment
TORONTO—A third beluga whale exported from Marineland has died, raising further concerns about the rushed mass transfer of the 30 whales from the shuttered Niagara Falls theme park. The tragic […]
Keep ReadingOntario Proposes Horse Slaughter Ban, Animal Justice Urges Province to Go Further
TORONTO—Ontario’s proposed ban on slaughtering or processing horses at provincially licensed meat plants is being welcomed by Animal Justice, Canada’s leading animal law organization. Updates to the Food Safety and […]
Keep ReadingCanadian Legal Group Urges Georgia Aquarium to Make Public Pledge Not to Breed Marineland Belugas
ATLANTA—Canada’s leading national animal law organization, Animal Justice, is calling on Georgia Aquarium to publicly commit to never breeding the two Canadian whales it recently received. Balor, age 10, and […]
Keep ReadingSecond Marineland Beluga Death Highlights Risks of Rushed, Mass Whale Transfers
TORONTO—Animal Justice is deeply saddened by news that a second beluga whale transferred from Marineland has died at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, just days after the final six whales left the […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice Calls on Fisheries Minister to Investigate Beluga’s Death, Demands Pause on Marineland Transports
TORONTO—Animal Justice is calling on federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson to immediately investigate the death of Peekachu, a 23-year-old beluga whale who died at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago less than […]
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