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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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Animals Suffer in Military Testing Despite Superior Alternatives
Even with advances in medical teaching techniques, the Canadian military still trains medical personnel by using live animals. The techniques employed by the military are the epitome of cruelty. In […]
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Raccoon Problem? Time to Learn to Coexist
What happens when humans come into contact with other non-human animals? Sometimes we call them food, sometimes pets, and other times we call them pests. Regardless of what we choose […]
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Lions and Tigers and the Charter, Oh My!! (Part III)
This is part III of III on the use of animals for entertainment and the freedom of expression. Part I – Part II Consider the following…. Consider a by-law, let’s […]
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Lions and Tigers and the Charter, Oh My!! (Part II)
This is part II of III on the use of animals for entertainment and the freedom of expression Part I What the Courts Have Said…. Ontario municipal by-laws attempting to […]
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Lions and Tigers and the Charter, Oh My!! (Part I)
Backgrounder…. Exotic animals, including elephants, tigers, zebras, and bears, are commonly used in traveling circuses across North America. For the entertainment of humans, these animals face many instances of cruelty […]
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What is the MNR proposing? Concerns regarding the dismantling of regulatory oversight
The Ministry of Natural Resources (“MNR”) recently proposed a number of changes to various regulations under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, SO 1997, c 41 (“FWCA”). The changes reflect […]
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CTA Upholds Air Canada’s Refusal to Ship Monkeys
After a long legal battle, the Canadian Transportation Agency (“CTA”) on December 20, 2012, upheld Air Canada’s decision to stop transporting non-human primates destined for research and experimentation. Background In […]
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