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Animal Justice Testifies at Ontario Legislature to Stop Puppy Mills
We’re asking lawmakers to strengthen the bill to protect dogs from abusive breeders.
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Bill to Regulate Ontario Veterinarians Has a Huge Loophole for Farm Owners
Bill 171 will allow untrained workers to slice off piglets’ tails and castrate them without pain relief.
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Ineffective Oversight: New Report Critiques Zoos Self-Regulation Through CAZA
Urgent reform is needed to address CAZA’s inadequate self-regulation.
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Animal Justice Tells Canada to Ban Cruel Compound 1080 Wildlife Poisoning
Compound 1080 is an extremely lethal chemical which causes severe and prolonged suffering to animals who consume it.
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Articling Student Job Posting (2025-2026)
We seek an enthusiastic and driven articling student to join our team for the 2025-2026 articling term to support our litigation, law enforcement, and law reform work.
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Ontario’s Flawed Puppy Mill Bill Will Be Studied by Committee—Let’s Fix it!
In its current form, the PUPS Act won’t stop cruel puppy mills and backyard dog breeders.
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Court Order: Undercover Investigations Can Resume in Ontario Farms & Slaughterhouses
Animal Justice defeated much of Ontario’s dangerous ag gag law in court, which was designed to conceal animal abuse in the meat industry.
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Calling on Law Enforcement: Lay Charges Over Unlawful Shipment of Horses to Japan
Animal transport laws are only effective if they’re actually enforced.
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Animal Justice is Going to Court to Protect Animals Harmed by Plastic Pollution
Animal Justice is advocating for strong, coordinated action to tackle our global plastic pollution crisis.
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Caged Cruelty: Hidden-Camera Footage Shows Hens Suffering in Egg Farm Cages
The first undercover investigation of the Canadian egg industry in years shows that little has changed—hens are still languishing inside cramped wire cages, despite growing calls from the public for the industry to go cage-free.
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Animal Justice Asks Prime Minister to Protect Companion Animals in Renters’ Bill of Rights
The Prime Minister has yet to include protection for tenants with companion animals in the renters’ bill of rights.
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Bill to Ban Live Horse Exports Clears House of Commons Committee
This important bill is one step closer to becoming law.
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Justice for Horses: Live Exporter Faces First Appearance in Court
Animal Justice laid a federal charge against the exporter to seek justice for horses after authorities failed to enforce animal transport laws.
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Animal Justice Testifies at the Senate to Ban Big Cat Captivity
Let’s protect big cats from cruelty.
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