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Impact Report: See How You Helped Make A Difference For Animals In 2024!
2024 was our most impactful year yet—together, we strengthened animal protection laws, exposed cruelty, and held industries accountable for harming animals.
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Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association Bans Painful Tail Docking of Dogs
The MVMA has now added tail docking to a list of other cruel procedures that members are prohibited from performing, including ear-cropping dogs and declawing cats.
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Cruelty Inside Canada’s Largest Pet Ferret Mill
Troubling undercover footage reveals the dire consequences of unregulated pet breeding.
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Animal Justice Allowed to Intervene in Groundbreaking Discrimination Case
This case raises the novel question of whether a belief in ethical veganism is a type of “creed”, a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
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Despite Efforts, BC Slaughterhouse Fails to Bury Damning Undercover Footage
Johnston’s Meats tried—and failed—to suppress hidden-camera footage of violent animal abuse and botched slaughter.
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Banning Live Horse Exports for Slaughter: Why the Fight Isn’t Over (Yet)
Canada’s Agriculture Minister must act now to ban live horse exports for slaughter and end this cruelty before it’s too late.
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Vancouver Locals Protest Johnston’s Pork & “Happy” Meat Lie
Johnston’s was just exposed on hidden-camera video for illegal cruelty at slaughter.
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Animal Justice 2024 Year In Review
Thank you for creating a kinder world for all animals with us.
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Celebrating Wins for Animals: Highlights from the Animal Justice Holiday Party
The Animal Justice holiday party in Toronto brought animal lovers together to celebrate all that we’ve achieved together this year.
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Records Expose Another Deadly Month for Canadian Horses Exported for Slaughter Overseas
Newly obtained Government of Japan records show that horses exported from Canada in June for slaughter overseas sustained serious injuries during transport.
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Pigs Screaming & Stabbed on the Kill Floor: The Truth About “Happy” Meat
Secretly-recorded footage from a pig slaughterhouse shows appalling conditions and blatant violations of animal protection laws. The video is the first undercover look at pig slaughter in Canada.
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Jann Arden, Bryan Adams, Chantal Kreviazuk, Elisha Cuthbert & Brian May Urge Senate to Pass Bill Banning Live Horse Export
While legislation remains in limbo, horses continue being shipped to their deaths.
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Top Villain #5: Margaret Hudson of Burnbrae Farms
Half of Burnbrae’s hens are still confined in cages for eggs. It’s time to go cage-free!
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Save Boogie: Misconduct Complaint Filed After Authorities Fail to Act
Boogie has suffered alone in a cage at Bervie Zoo, where she paces and bites herself from stress.
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