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France Moves to Send Its Last Captive Orcas to Sanctuary—Canada Must Follow Suit for Marineland’s Belugas

France is working to retire two captive orcas to Nova Scotia’s whale sanctuary—leadership Canada urgently needs to match for the suffering belugas still trapped at Marineland.

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Ending Animal Experiments in Canada—Add Your Voice to New Parliamentary e-Petition

A new parliamentary e-petition is calling on Canada to set binding targets to cut animal research, fund non-animal science, and make humane, animal-free research the national standard—protecting millions of animals every year.

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New e-Petition: Ban Force-Feeding Ducks for Foie Gras

A new parliamentary e-petition calls on the federal government to ban the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras—a practice that inflicts extreme suffering on birds and has already been outlawed in many countries.

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Sobeys Protests: Canadians Demand a Cage-Free Plan

Sobeys is weeks away from breaking its decade-old cage-free promise. Protesters across 10 cities demand a cage-free plan.

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Animal Rights Surveillance: Big Ag Is Watching

At the recent Animal Law & Advocacy conference, Advocacy Program Specialist Dr. Tayler Zavitz discovered that the very industry she’s studied was quietly monitoring her presentation—turning her academic work on animal rights surveillance into lived experience.

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2024 Animal Testing Data Reveals Alarming Growth & Suffering

According to newly-released animal testing data, over 3.7 million animals were used in Canada in 2024, an alarming 18.5 percent increase from 2023.

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Nationwide Candlelight Vigil for the Horses Lost to Live Exports

As we mark the anniversary of the 2021 Liberal mandate letter promising a ban on live horse exports, Canadians are gathering to honour the thousands of horses who have suffered and died in the years since.

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Animal Justice & The Fur-Bearers Sue Quebec Government Over Cruel Fur Farming

Animal Justice and the Fur-Bearers are taking the Quebec government to court to finally end the unacceptable cruelty happening on fur farms across the province. The case pushes the province toward a long-overdue fur farming ban.

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Ontario Takes Groundbreaking Step to End Experiments on Cats & Dogs

Ontario has introduced a bill that gives the province the power to ban experiments on cats and dogs by regulation. Now, Ontario must act immediately to ban cat and dog experiments for good, and ensure survivors are rehomed.

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Giving Tuesday: Make TWICE the Impact for Animals!

This Giving Tuesday, you can help end the suffering millions of animals endure in labs, factory farms, and fur farms across Canada. By supporting Animal Justice, you’ll empower our lawyers to pass stronger laws, fight for animals in court, and hold abusive industries accountable.

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November 29: Sobeys Cage-Free Protests—Time to Turn Up the Heat!

Join us outside Sobeys to stand up for animals and call on them to go 100% cage-free. Together, we will tell Sobeys they must do better, and show that compassionate consumers won’t accept cruelty on grocery store shelves.

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PR Tactics from Big Tobacco: How Sobeys Justifies Cage Cruelty

Sobeys’ talk of “consumer choice” isn’t about empowering shoppers—it’s a Big Tobacco–style PR tactic to excuse cage cruelty and disguise a broken promise to go cage-free.

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Ban Quebec Fur Farming: Urge Government to Act

Fur farming is inherently cruel and likely violates Quebec’s own animal protection laws.

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