November 29: Sobeys Cage-Free Protests—Time to Turn Up the Heat!
Join us outside Sobeys to stand up for animals and call on them to go 100% cage-free. Together, we will tell Sobeys they must do better, and show that compassionate consumers won’t accept cruelty on grocery store shelves.
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PR Tactics from Big Tobacco: How Sobeys Justifies Cage Cruelty
Sobeys’ talk of “consumer choice” isn’t about empowering shoppers—it’s a Big Tobacco–style PR tactic to excuse cage cruelty and disguise a broken promise to go cage-free.
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Ban Quebec Fur Farming: Urge Government to Act
Fur farming is inherently cruel and likely violates Quebec’s own animal protection laws.
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Bervie Zoo: Lions, Bears, & Monkeys Suffer in Cages
Animal Justice has filed a new complaint demanding that Ontario’s Animal Welfare Services (AWS) intervene at Bervie Zoo, where lions, bears, and monkeys are trapped in barren, inadequate cages.
Keep ReadingWinnipeg’s Lack of Pet Limits Helped Contribute to Bird Tragedy
WINNIPEG—Images of dead and emaciated exotic birds rescued from a home in Winnipeg are difficult to see, but they are a direct consequence of the City’s failure to set any limits […]
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Universal Ostrich Farms: Legal Complaint Filed Over Mass-Shooting
Shooting animals in the dark in front of their flockmates goes against agency guidelines and likely caused illegal suffering.
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice Demands Review of CFIA’s Ostrich Shooting Method
OTTAWA—Animal Justice, Canada’s leading national animal law organization, has filed a formal complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) over its conduct during the recent mass killing of more […]
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The Latest Data: How Many Fishes Are Killed for Food in Canada?
Canada’s fishing industries cause unimaginable suffering for billions of sentient beings every year—with almost no laws to protect them.
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Anti-Vegan Discrimination Case Heard by Ontario Court of Appeal
Animal Justice was back in court in a landmark case on ethical veganism as a protected belief to move forward on appeal.
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Supreme Court Allows CFIA to Proceed With BC Ostrich Cull
The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear Universal Ostrich Farms’ final appeal, clearing the way for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to kill hundreds of apparently healthy ostriches.
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The Future of Marineland Whales & Dolphins: Panel Recap
Over 600 people attended Animal Justice’s event to learn about the crisis facing 30 beluga whales at Marineland and the scientific and legal path toward finding sanctuary for them.
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice Calls on CFIA to Re-Test, Halt Planned Ostrich Cull in Wake of Supreme Court Decision
EDGEWOOD, B.C. — Animal Justice is calling on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to conduct new testing for avian influenza and cancel its planned cull of roughly 400 ostriches […]
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Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns: Why We Do Them & Our Approach
These campaigns create positive change over time, easing millions of animals’ suffering, exposing the cruelty of factory farming, and promoting a more compassionate future.
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Canada’s Rescue Dog Import Ban Is Leaving Dogs to Die
Canada’s “temporary” rescue dog import ban has left countless dogs to suffer abroad.
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