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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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Bervie Zoo: Lions, Bears, & Monkeys Suffer in Cages
Animal Justice has filed a new complaint demanding that Ontario’s Animal Welfare Services (AWS) intervene at Bervie Zoo, where lions, bears, and monkeys are trapped in barren, inadequate cages.
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Universal Ostrich Farms: Legal Complaint Filed Over Mass-Shooting
Shooting animals in the dark in front of their flockmates goes against agency guidelines and likely caused illegal suffering.
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The Latest Data: How Many Fishes Are Killed for Food in Canada?
Canada’s fishing industries cause unimaginable suffering for billions of sentient beings every year—with almost no laws to protect them.
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Anti-Vegan Discrimination Case Heard by Ontario Court of Appeal
Animal Justice was back in court in a landmark case on ethical veganism as a protected belief to move forward on appeal.
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Supreme Court Allows CFIA to Proceed With BC Ostrich Cull
The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear Universal Ostrich Farms’ final appeal, clearing the way for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to kill hundreds of apparently healthy ostriches.
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The Future of Marineland Whales & Dolphins: Panel Recap
Over 600 people attended Animal Justice’s event to learn about the crisis facing 30 beluga whales at Marineland and the scientific and legal path toward finding sanctuary for them.
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Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns: Why We Do Them & Our Approach
These campaigns create positive change over time, easing millions of animals’ suffering, exposing the cruelty of factory farming, and promoting a more compassionate future.
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