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Court Rules Against Animal Groups in Lawsuit Over Illegal Coyote Killing Contest
TORONTO—Animal Justice, The Fur-Bearers, and Coyote Watch Canada have lost a legal challenge aimed at stopping a coyote killing contest hosted annually by Chesher’s Outdoor Store in Belleville, Ontario. The […]
Keep ReadingTrucker Who Killed Animal Activist Receives Lowest Possible Fine
TORONTO—A truck driver named Andrew Blake pleaded guilty today to careless driving causing the death of animal advocate Regan Russell at Fearmans Pork slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario. Blake escaped criminal […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice Renews Call for Prosecution After Death of Orca Kiska at Marineland
TORONTO—National animal law organization Animal Justice is renewing its call for Marineland to be investigated and prosecuted following the death of Kiska—an orca who faced decades of confinement at the […]
Keep ReadingToronto Rally Against Big Plastic Producers Suing Canadian Government
Environmental Defence and Animal Justice supporters will be outside the federal court building in Toronto to send a message to plastics producers to stop challenging environmental regulations and act on plastic pollution.
Keep ReadingAnimal Protection Groups File Application for Investigation of Illegal Coyote Hunting Contest Under Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights
TORONTO—Animal Justice and Coyote Watch Canada have filed an application for investigation under Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights (“EBR”)— a cornerstone statute that gives Ontarians a right to request an investigation when […]
Keep ReadingVideo Shows Beaten Animals, Botched Killings at BC Slaughterhouse
VANCOUVER—Animal Justice is releasing secretly-recorded footage taken inside Meadow Valley Meats, a provincially-licensed slaughterhouse in Pitt Meadows, BC. Shot between July and September, 2022, the gut-wrenching video is the first-ever […]
Keep ReadingDog Death Prompts Renewed Call for Trapping Ban In PEI
CHARLOTTETOWN—Animal Justice, a national animal law advocacy organization, is renewing its call for a ban on trapping and snaring in Prince Edward Island after yet another heartbreaking death of a companion […]
Keep ReadingNo Justice for Dolphins: Prosecutors Drop Criminal Charge Against Marineland
TORONTO—Animal Justice is expressing shock and disappointment after Crown prosecutors stayed a criminal charge against Marineland today, for holding illegal dolphin shows. The aquarium was charged in December, 2021 after […]
Keep ReadingMedia Advisory: Animal Groups in Court to Stop Coyote Killing Contest
Animal Justice, The Fur-Bearers, and Coyote Watch Canada will make arguments in Ontario Divisional Court on Wednesday, in a lawsuit aimed at stopping an unlawful coyote hunting contest. It is […]
Keep ReadingPhotos: One Year After Promised Ban, Horses Still Shipped from Winnipeg to Japan
WINNIPEG—National animal law organization Animal Justice is sounding the alarm after a shipment of over 100 horses was flown out of the Winnipeg airport early Monday morning to Japan. There, […]
Keep ReadingPEI Should Ban “No Pets” Rules in Rental Housing
CHARLOTTETOWN—Animal Justice, a national animal law advocacy organization, is calling on the PEI legislature to amend the new Residential Tenancy Act bill to protect families with pets from facing discrimination […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice & Soi Dog Canada Challenge Dog Import Ban In Court
TORONTO—Animal Justice and Soi Dog Canada are challenging the federal government in court over its recent decision to ban the import of rescued dogs from over 100 countries, including many […]
Keep ReadingInternational Coalition Demands EU Commission Ban the Import of PMSG from South America
TORONTO – Animal welfare organisations from 14 countries, supported by the European umbrella organisation Eurogroup for Animals, are demanding an end to the animal suffering caused by the production and […]
Keep ReadingStatement: Jailed Animal Activists Face Harsher Sentence than Farms Convicted of Animal Cruelty
TORONTO—Animal law group Animal Justice is expressing shock at a 30-day jail sentence handed down today by a BC judge to two animal advocates. Amy Soranno and Nick Schafer were each […]
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