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Animal Justice Fights in Court to Stop Coyote Killing Contest

Animal Justice took the Ontario government to court to fight an illegal coyote hunting contest.

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How “No Pet” Clauses in Rental Housing Harm Animals and Families

As Canada faces a housing crisis, pet-friendly provisions can help people and their companions find homes.

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Indigenous Chiefs Call For End of Cruel Wildlife Killing Contests

Animal Justice is supporting the call for the BC government to end wildlife killing contests in the province once and for all.

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Victory! St. Catharines Rejects Shopping Mall Reptile Zoo

St. Catharines City Council votes NO on a reptile zoo exemption.

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Dog Sledding Operation Loses Appeal, Court Finds Dogs Were Clearly In Distress

In a blow to the cruel dog sledding industry, Windrift Adventures has lost its challenge in the Ontario Divisional Court

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“Made in Quebec” Foie Gras is Just as Cruel

Don’t be fooled by labels featuring happy geese or promotional images of ducks in idyllic meadows. Foie gras production in Canada is cruel and condemns ducks and geese to a life of misery.

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Homeless Dogs Shot in the Street as World Cup Arrives in Qatar

The CFIA dog import ban means rescue organizations are unable to save dogs from Qatar and bring them to loving homes in Canada.

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Animals Suffer & Die Due to Canada’s Weak Animal Transport Rules

The CFIA is failing farmed animals. According to its own numbers, over 1.5 million animals are either injured or killed in transport each year.

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Why is the Meat Industry Part of Canada’s COP27 Delegation?

Meat and dairy are an environmental disaster, and shouldn’t be influencing world leaders on plans to tackle climate change.

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Foxhunting: Coyotes Pursued by Hounds in Canada’s Secretive Bloodsport

Foxhunting has been banned in England, but in Canada, hunting season is open.

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Government Petition e-4190: End the Live Export of Horses for Slaughter

Canadians are calling on the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food to finally end the live export of horses for slaughter.

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Remembering the Animal Victims of War

Countless horses, dogs, pigeons, and other animals died in World War I and World War II—not as willing participants in these violent conflicts, but as victims who were used for human purposes, and had their lives taken from them.

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Canada’s Zoo Crisis Exposed on National TV

CTV’s investigative affairs program W5 broadcasted Animal Justice’s shocking undercover footage to the nation.

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