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PEI Animal Protection: When Will it Get Better?
It’s been three and a half years since the 2010 conviction of puppy mill operator Bud Wheatley exposed serious flaws in how Prince Edward Island protects animals. The case revealed […]
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Saving Sunshine, the Happiest Goat Ever
Our trip to meet Sunshine, dubbed the happiest goat ever, started with a question: how can we help Sunshine who since February, has become the target of a Canadian Food […]
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Breed-Specific Legislation: Ontario’s Pit Bull Ban
In August 2005, the Ontario government enacted the Dog Owner’s Liability Act [1] outlawing the possession, breeding, importing and transferring of pit bulls in Ontario. [2] The legislation replaced regulations that permitted pit […]
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The Return of Ontario’s Spring Bear Hunt
Black bear populations are increasing in most parts of North America and of course, humans are also continuing to expand in both population and territorial reign.1 When areas of sizeable […]
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OSPCA Act: A Better Way Forward
Animal Justice Canada has released ‘OSPCA Act: A Better Way Forward’. This comprehensive review provides commentary on and best practice recommendations for Ontario’s primary piece of animal welfare legislation – […]
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WTO Upholds European Union Ban on Seal Hunt
The WTO has upheld the European Union’s ban on seal products under the trade agreements’ “public morality” clause, agreeing that the EU’s citizens find the killing and skinning methods used […]
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Reece v. Edmonton: Legal Standing in Animal Protection
The hard fought battle to have Iringa, Toka and Thika, the African elephants based at the Toronto Zoo, delivered to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (“PAWS”) sanctuary in California had […]
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Gestation Crates and Intensive Pig Farming
Gestation crates, otherwise known as sow stalls, are heavily used in intensive pig farming to confine female breeding pigs (sows) during pregnancy. The confinement is so tight that mother pigs […]
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Don’t Shoot that Dog!
If you are from Manitoba you will likely be well aware that the expression “dog days” does not merely refer to those lazy days of summer, but also to the […]
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The Status of Horse Slaughter in Canada
Context Last year, 82, 175 horses were slaughtered in Canada. That number is not an anomaly; the past five years have seen a similar number of horses killed for profit […]
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Sentencing for Seal Bludgeoning in PEI: Ask Hard Questions, Insist on Real Answers
On 13 June, Provincial Court Judge Nancy Orr sentenced three teenagers for having bludgeoned to death 65 nursing seal pups and their mothers on a remote beach in eastern Prince […]
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Forget-Me-Not: The Plight of Broiler Chickens in Canada
Gone are the days of Chicken Little and Foghorn Leghorn. Today the only association the Canadian public has with chickens is in the form that comes on a plate. As […]
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Art, Animal Cruelty, and Canadian Law
It has been almost a dozen years since Jesse Power, Anthony Wennekers, and Matt Kaczorowski engaged in a now infamous example of animal cruelty for the sake of “art.” In […]
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OSPCA-OK? Before and After the Meek Lesage Review
It is no secret to the public that over the past few years the OSPCA has been a frequent feature in the news. What may be surprising however, is that […]
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