Media Releases
Read the latest media releases from Animal Justice.
LAW Featured on Slaw.ca
Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) has been featured on Slaw.ca, Canada’s online legal magazine. The article discusses LAW’s table at the 2011 Vegetarian Food Festival in Toronto, LAW’s purpose and […]
Keep ReadingOBA to Hold Inaugural Animal Law Event
Members of Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) are scheduled to speak at the upcoming inaugural Ontario Bar Association animal law event. We encourage everyone to register to attend either in […]
Keep ReadingLAW Exposes Air Canada Monkey Business
A legal opinion from Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) has exposed Air Canada claims that it is unable to stop shipping animals for research as false. Air Canada has repeatedly […]
Keep Reading"Air Canada may be legally OK not to ship monkeys"
Animal protection groups renewed calls for Air Canada to stop transporting monkeys destined for research labs. The Humane Society International/Canada and the Animal Alliance of Canada urged the airline Tuesday […]
Keep ReadingLAW to Table at 10,000 Tastes Event
Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) will attend 10,000 Tastes, 10 Billion Reasons. LAW will have a table with legal information and other literature. Members of the public are invited to […]
Keep ReadingLAW Deputation Supports Toronto Animal Services
Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) has submitted a written deputation to the City of Toronto Licensing and Standards Committee in support of the important work carried out by Toronto Animal […]
Keep ReadingLAW Provides Input to Ag. Ministers on Animal Laws
Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) has provided materials to be considered at today’s July 8, 2011 New Brunswick meeting of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Ministers of Agriculture. The meeting will […]
Keep ReadingLAW Urges Inspection of Shrine Circus
TORONTO – Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) is urging the Ontario Society for the Protection of Animals (OSPCA) to inspect travelling circuses in Ontario to ensure compliance with provincial animal […]
Keep ReadingLAW to Host 'Food Matters' Screening & Workshop
On Tuesday June 21, 2011 at 7PM Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW), in conjunction with the U of T Student Animal Legal Defence Fund and Push Food Forward will be […]
Keep ReadingLAW Applauds Police Action in Baby Raccoon Beatings
TORONTO – Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) is applauding the swift action taken by law enforcement officials after a man allegedly tried to kill baby raccoons with a shovel in […]
Keep ReadingLAW to March in Veggie Pride Parade
Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW) will be marching with a banner at this year’s Veggie Pride Parade taking place in Toronto, Ontario on June 4, 2011 from 12PM to 3:30PM. […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Circuses Coming to Ontario
Shrine Circus and Cirque Mondo of Quebec have announced that they will be bringing exotic animals including elephants, jaguars and camels into Ontario to perform at their animal circuses. A […]
Keep ReadingCALAS Animal Experimentation Symposium Illegal?
The upcoming Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science (CALAS) 2011 annual symposium could violate animal welfare laws, says Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW). The industry convention scheduled to be held […]
Keep ReadingLAW Releases Pit Bull Seizure Guide
Lawyers for Animal Welfare (LAW), an organization that campaigns on behalf of animals, has released a guide to pit bull seizure under the Ontario Dog Owners’ Liability Act. The guide […]
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