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RSVP: Animal Justice’s Toronto Holiday Party!
Animal Justice is hosting a holiday bash in Toronto on December 2, featuring delicious vegan food, cocktails, holiday treats, special guests, and a silent auction with amazing prizes. Our annual […]
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Canadian Retailers Lag Behind on Farmed Animal Welfare Issues
A Mercy For Animals report analyzed animal welfare policies from Canada’s biggest brands and revealed which companies were among the worst.
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Toronto Residents Want Laws to Protect Farmed Animals
VegTO poll finds 87% of people in the GTA support passing legislation to protect farmed animals.
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Speak Out Against Health Canada’s Proposal to Allow Cruel Poisons to Kill Wolves & Other Wildlife
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that these poisons cause horrific suffering, the PMRA is proposing to continue allowing the use of strychnine and Compound 1080.
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Revealed: Pregnant Horses Drained of Blood to Support Canadian Pig Factory Farms
PMSG is known as the “hormone of misery” and is authorized for use in Canada.
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BREAKING: Collapsed NYC Carriage Horse Dies
No horse should ever have to suffer like Ryder did.
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NOT GUILTY: Utah Jury Acquits Activists Who Rescued Dying Piglets
Despite the best efforts of prosecutors to conceal evidence of systemic animal abuse on a Smithfield factory pig farm, common sense prevails.
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Rodeo Cruelty Exposed: New Disturbing Footage from 2 BC Events
Vancouver Humane Society footage reveals animals were roughly handled and deliberately agitated at events in Chilliwack and Langley Township.
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New Award Recognizes Legal Achievements for Animals in Honour of Retiring Judge
The Catherine A. Fraser Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law will help advance the status of animals in Canada.
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Excelsior 4 Update: BC Animal Advocates Receive Shocking Jail Sentence
Amy and Nick have been treated far more severely than nearly every Canadian farm that has been convicted of animal cruelty.
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Canada’s Last Prison Abattoir Has Closed Amidst Accusations of Human Rights Violations & Mistreatment of Animals
The commercial slaughterhouse at a Kingston, Ontario prison was using prison labour to kill cows.
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REPORT: Ontario’s Roadside Zoo Crisis is a Disaster for Animal Welfare
A comprehensive new report is highlighting just how bad things are for animals at Ontario’s zoos.
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Animals at Risk as Manitoba Considers Rolling Back Cosmetic Pesticide Restrictions
Rather than allowing for the use of more toxic pesticides, Manitoba should consider ways to strengthen its existing pesticide restrictions in order to protect our environment, as well as the well-being of both humans and animals.
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