Hylife Foods Slaughterhouse Quietly Fined for Cruelty to Pigs
On July 22, 2020, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (“CFIA”) charged Hylife Foods with animal cruelty for an incident at its pig slaughterhouse in Neepawa, Manitoba nearly two years earlier. […]
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Animal Justice Files Cruelty Complaint After 5 Pigs Fall From Moving Transport Truck
Animal Justice is calling for animal cruelty charges against a transporter after five pigs fell off a moving tractor trailer driving on the busy Highway 401 outside of Kingston, Ontario. […]
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See How Many Animals Canada Killed for Food This Year in Real Time
A new website exposing the truth about the number of animals killed by the meat industry has just launched in Canada. Animal Clock, already available in the US and the UK, […]
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Animals Are Freezing To Death on Canadian Slaughter Trucks Right Now
Canada is experiencing an especially frigid winter, with temperatures feeling as low as -40° C even in southern parts of the country like Toronto. Many people will ride out this […]
Keep ReadingPig Scrambles Violate Animal Cruelty Laws, Says Animal Justice
CHARLOTTETOWN – National animal law organization Animal Justice has sent a letter to law enforcement authorities in Prince Edward Island advising that “pig scramble” events likely violate federal and provincial […]
Keep ReadingNew Rules Proposed for Religious Slaughter; Animal Justice Calls for Outright Ban
OTTAWA—National animal law organization Animal Justice is calling for a ban on non-stun slaughter as new draft guidelines on the practice are open for public comment. The draft guidelines have […]
Keep ReadingAnimal Justice’s Statement on Barn Fire That Killed 1000 Pigs
Yet another barn fire has broken out, this time killing 1000 pigs. The animals no doubt died in agony as they burned to death with no means of escape. An […]
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Say What? Agricultural Leader Blames Animals for Dying in Barn Fires
It’s no secret that the meat industry puts animal welfare at the very bottom of its priority list. But a new interview with Ontario Federation of Agriculture president Don McCabe […]
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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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