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What You Can Do About False Animal Welfare Labels on Meat, Dairy, and Eggs
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a “What We Heard” report about its planned overhaul of Canadian food labelling regulations. What We Heard reports are issued after stakeholders […]
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Here’s Why Animals Keep Burning to Death in Canadian Barn Fires
Between January 2015 and November 2017, more than 470,000 farmed animals burned alive on Canadian farms. These animals would have endured frightening and agonizing deaths, trapped in cages or stalls […]
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Canada Killed More Than 800 Million Land Animals for Food in 2017
Slaughter reports from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada show we killed over 800,756,236 land animals for food in 2017—up from 771 million in 2016 and 750 million in 2015. The growth […]
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Authorities Refuse to Crack Down on Misleading Milk Ads
In November 2016, Animal Justice filed a legal complaint with authorities over a misleading ad campaign that suggested that consuming of dairy is essential for human health. The ads, sponsored […]
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The End of Iditarod & Canada’s Complicity in Sled Dog Cruelty
Fern Levitt stood at the Iditarod start line not as a filmmaker, but as a witness to an industry that discards lives the moment they stop being profitable.
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Vancouver Transit Police Target Animal Activist for Showing Slaughterhouse Footage
TransLink Transit Police in Vancouver have ticketed an animal advocate for spreading awareness of animal cruelty by showing farm and slaughterhouse footage to passersby on the street. Geoff Rigear is […]
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In Canada It’s Legal to Kill and Eat Your Pets
Shock and outrage is spreading across Canada after news reports revealed that a B.C. couple butchered and ate a potbelly pig whom they adopted from the local SPCA. Molly, the […]
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Chatham Dogfighting Charges Thrown Out for Delay
Two men accused of vicious animal cruelty, dogfighting, and firearm charges in Chatham, Ontario have escaped criminal conviction. A judge in the high-profile case threw out 67 charges against John […]
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The Federal Government Wants to Ban Capturing Wild Whales & Dolphins
The federal government presented a new bill that updates the Fisheries Act this week, including restrictions on capturing wild whales and dolphins for the purpose of keeping them in captivity. […]
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Here’s Why #Februdairy is Already Totally Failing
Nice try, Big Dairy. The dairy industry recently launched #Februdairy, a social media campaign aiming to promote dairy milk during the month of February. But before the campaign could even […]
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Vancouver Chicken Slaughterhouse in Trouble for Endangering Animal Advocates
At Animal Justice, we use the law to help animals. Sometimes that means using animal protection laws, but often it means using other laws, unrelated to animals, to hold industry […]
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B.C. Wants to Let Hunters Chase Terrified Cougars With Dogs
British Columbia was in the news late last year for the incredible move to ban grizzly bear hunting province-wide. But the province is still no paradise for other animals. The […]
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Canadians Just Forced the Government to Address Animal Welfare in Slaughter Laws
Last year, we told you that the federal government is overhauling Canada’s decades-old slaughter regulations as part of a food safety modernization initiative. We told you that in the entire […]
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Animals Are Freezing To Death on Canadian Slaughter Trucks Right Now
Canada is experiencing an especially frigid winter, with temperatures feeling as low as -40° C even in southern parts of the country like Toronto. Many people will ride out this […]
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