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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.

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Animal 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 […]

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Animal 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 […]

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Animal 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.  […]

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Statement 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 […]

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After 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 […]

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Third 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 […]

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Ontario 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 […]

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Canadian 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 […]

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Second 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 […]

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Animal 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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Statement on Marineland Whale Death at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium

TORONTO — The death of Peekachu, a beluga whale who died at the Shedd Aquarium just two weeks after being transferred from Marineland, appears to be a direct consequence of […]

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Groups, Expert Disappointed as Manitoba Upholds Permit to Poison Winnipeg Ground Squirrels

WINNIPEG—The Winnipeg Humane Society (WHS) and Animal Justice, Canada’s leading national animal law organization, along with ground squirrel expert Dr. James Hare, are disappointed by Manitoba Environment and Climate Change […]

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