Animal Protection Groups File Application for Investigation of Illegal Coyote Hunting Contest Under Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights
TORONTO—Animal Justice and Coyote Watch Canada have filed an application for investigation under Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights (“EBR”)— a cornerstone statute that gives Ontarians a right to request an investigation when […]
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Animal Justice & Coyote Watch Canada File Application for Investigation of Illegal Coyote Hunting Contest
Animal Justice and Coyote Watch Canada have filed an application for the investigation of an illegal coyote hunting contest under Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights.
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Student Animal Law Research Paper Contest 2023
The Student Conference will take place on Friday, September 29 2023 in the lead up to the Canadian Animal Law Conference, at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in Toronto, Ontario.
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Birds Left Behind as Loblaws’ Profits Soar
Loblaws boasted to shareholders for years about its commitment to helping hens by going cage-free, but is now breaking its promise.
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Retailers Distance Themselves From Slaughterhouse Following Shocking Exposé
Concerned activists met outside a grocery store in Vancouver to remind shoppers that all slaughterhouses are a nightmare for animals.
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Join the Call for Video Surveillance in Canadian Slaughterhouses
We’re calling on Canadian provinces to join countries like England, Scotland, Spain, and the Netherlands in mandating that cameras be installed in slaughterhouses.
Keep ReadingVideo Shows Beaten Animals, Botched Killings at BC Slaughterhouse
VANCOUVER—Animal Justice is releasing secretly-recorded footage taken inside Meadow Valley Meats, a provincially-licensed slaughterhouse in Pitt Meadows, BC. Shot between July and September, 2022, the gut-wrenching video is the first-ever […]
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Botched Killings & Violent Abuse at “Humane” Meat Slaughterhouse
Undercover footage from a BC abattoir shows there’s no such thing as humane slaughter.
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Thousands Call on Loblaws to Keep Animal Welfare Commitment
Canada’s largest food retailer promised to sell only cage-free eggs by 2025. But now, Loblaws is breaking its promise, dropping this deadline, and refusing to share a timeline for ending this horrific suffering of sensitive hens.
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Government Petition: Ban Octopus Farming in Canada
Octopus factory farms would be a global animal welfare disaster. A new federal e-petition is calling on the government to ban them.
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Canada Slaughtered 841 Million Animals in 2022
In 2022, 841 million land animals were killed for food in Canada, making it the most deadly on record since Animal Justice began analyzing government slaughter statistics.
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Notorious Reptile Zoo Won’t Be Coming to London After All
London, Ontario city councillors voted down a by-law exemption for the reptile zoo. Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak out for crocodiles, alligators, snakes, and lizards!
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Inspectors Remove Distressed Animals from Ontario Roadside Zoo
Dozens of animals will not be returned to Bervie Zoo in Kincardine, Ontario, following an inspection warrant and a months-long legal battle.
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Petition to Ban Live Horse Export Has Now Been Presented to Parliament
The petition opposing Canada’s export of live horses to slaughterhouses in Japan was signed by almost 40,000 Canadians.
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