Media Releases
Read the latest media releases from Animal Justice.
Video 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 […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Rescue and Protection Groups Slam Manitoba Over Plan to Roll Back Cosmetic Pesticide Restrictions
WINNIPEG—Animal protection groups are calling on the Manitoba government to abandon proposed changes to the Environment Act that would loosen restrictions on non-essential, or “cosmetic”, use of toxic pesticides. In […]
Keep ReadingRegulatory Complaint Filed Over Canada’s New Ban On International Dog Rescue
TORONTO—Animal Justice, Soi Dog Canada, and Rescue Dogs Advocacy Coalition (“RDAC”) have filed a regulatory complaint with the Complaints and Appeals Office of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (“CFIA”) over […]
Keep ReadingQuebec Fur Farms: Shocking New Photos Show Suffering Foxes & Minks
MONTREAL—National animal law organization Animal Justice is releasing disturbing new images taken at two Quebec fur farms that show foxes confined in small, barren wire cages, and minks kept in […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice Slams Health Canada Over Cruel Poisons to Kill Wolves and Other Wildlife
TORONTO—Animal Justice is raising the alarm over a proposed decision posted today by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (“PMRA”). The Agency is proposing to allow the continued use of […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice to Intervene in Labelling Lawsuit Targeting Vegan “Cheese” Company
MONTREAL—National animal law advocacy group Animal Justice has been granted intervener status in a court case about the ability of a Montreal company to use the term “cheese” on the […]
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