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Toxicity Testing Update: Bill S-5 Passes Committee Stage
As the bill moves through study and debate in the House of Commons, Animal Justice lawyers are working to bring in new restrictions on animal testing.
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Animal Justice Renews Calls for Charges After Orca Kiska Dies at Marineland
Kiska, widely known as the “loneliest orca in the world”, has died after living over 40 years in a tank at Marineland, with over a decade in solitary confinement. Her […]
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US Regulator Agrees: Soy Milk is a Milk
In draft guidelines, the FDA found that the word “milk” on plant-based products did not confuse shoppers and that there are free speech considerations with food label regulations.
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Circle K Goes Cage-Free!
Couche-Tard expands its cage free commitment, with 2,000 franchise-owned stores around the world committed to stop selling eggs from caged hens by 2025.
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12 Women Animal Lawyers Who Are Changing the Game in 2023
The field of animal law has grown exponentially in Canada over the past decade. Animal law has grown from a small and largely unknown area of practice into a respected area of the […]
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Rally Against Big Plastic: Animal Justice in Court to Protect Single-Use Plastic Ban
Concerned Canadians gathered outside the Federal Court to show their support for protecting the ban on many single-use plastic products.
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Canadian Walruses Rented to New SeaWorld Park
Smooshi, Koyuk, and Boris will be far from their natural home of the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas, and displayed for entertainment at a new SeaWorld facility.
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Brits Concerned by Canada’s Lagging Animal Welfare Standards
A coalition of trade groups and animal welfare advocates is sounding the alarm about Canada’s animal welfare standards.
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Government Petition: Stop Killing Animals for Military Trauma Training Exercises
Despite the majority of our allies choosing more effective techniques, pigs are still being blown up, shot or poisoned by the Canadian military in outdated trauma training exercises.
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Animal Justice Demands Police Ethics Investigation Following Longueuil Police Deer Killing Video
A police officer was caught on video shooting an injured deer 13 times.
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Poisoning Ground Squirrels With Strychnine is Being Banned
Health Canada’s ban on products containing strychnine for use to kill Richardson’s ground squirrels does not go far enough.
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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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