TORONTO—In an effort to strengthen Ontario’s proposed puppy mill legislation Camille Labchuk, lawyer and executive director at Director Animal Justice, will testify before the Standing Committee on Justice Policy on Wednesday (May 8). During her appearance, Ms. Labchuk will implore lawmakers to add protections to the Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act (PUPS Act) that will help shield dogs from cruelty in commercial breeding. As it stands, the proposed legislation falls far short of that goal and will do practically nothing to stop puppy mills. In its present form, the PUP ..read more

The Ontario government recently introduced Bill 171, the Enhancing Professional Care for Animals Act. Overall, while the bill promises to improve veterinary standards and enhance professional accountability, it unfortunately overlooks critical issues affecting farmed animals. Bill 171 has many strengths, such as a quality assurance program for the College of Veterinarians of Ontario (which regulates the profession), aiming to ensure higher standards within veterinary practices. It establishes a more comprehensive framework for vet licensing, detailed procedures for applications, terminations ..read more

A new investigative report prepared by Animal Justice shows that Canada’s Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA)—an industry group that accredits nearly two dozen of Canada’s zoos and aquariums—has significant shortcomings. CAZA is riddled with conflicts of interest, is unaccountable, and lacks transparency—all of which lead to a troubling history of inaction when zoos are exposed for animal neglect or abuse.  CAZA’s Shortcomings  CAZA is a group run by the zoo industry that acts as both a lobby organization for zoo interests, and an accreditation organization that gives a stamp of app ..read more

Animal Justice, alongside Wolf Awareness, WeHowl, Humane Society International/Canada and Animal Alliance of Canada and a coalition of 17 animal and environmental protection groups, has filed a Notice of Objection asking the federal government to reverse a decision to continue to allow the use of the cruel predacide, Compound 1080, to violently kill wolves and coyotes in Alberta. Earlier this spring, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) ended the use of another horrific predacide, strychnine, used also to kill wild predator animals. This huge victory was a direct result of ..read more

OTTAWA—Wolf Awareness, WeHowl, Animal Justice, Humane Society International/Canada, and Animal Alliance of Canada, along with a coalition of 17 animal and environmental protection groups, have filed a notice of objection under the Pest Control Products Act with Canada’s Minister of Health, asking that he reverse course on a decision to continue registering the “super poison” Compound 1080.  Compound 1080 (or sodium monofluoroacetate) is a poison used to kill wolves and coyotes in Alberta – the only Canadian province where this cruel and indiscriminate poison continues to be used ..read more

Animal Justice is a national animal law advocacy organization, focused on improving laws and policies to protect animals in Canada. Our team works to pass strong new animal laws at all levels of government, ensures industries and corporations are held accountable for abusing animals, and fights for animals in courtrooms across the country.  We seek an enthusiastic and driven articling student to join our team for the 2025-2026 articling term to support our litigation, law enforcement, and law reform work. The ideal candidate will be passionate about enhancing legal protections for animals ..read more

TORONTO—As a month-long campaign to boycott Loblaw gains traction, Animal Justice is calling on the company to honour its broken promise to stop selling eggs from hens who are kept in tiny wire cages for their entire lives. In a 2016 pledge, the Canadian grocery giant committed to ending the sale of eggs sourced from caged hens by next year (2025). Not only is Loblaw nowhere close to keeping its word, it has refused to commit to a new timeline to deliver on its promise. Data shared by the company recently shows that only 17% of its egg sales are from cage-free hens.  A recently relea ..read more

The Ontario government is working to pass legislation it claims will tackle puppy mills, but the toothless legislation would fail to protect dogs from cruelty in commercial breeding. The bill is about to move to committee for further study, and we’re urging lawmakers to strengthen the bill to meaningfully protect dogs from abuse. Fix Ontario’s Broken Puppy Mill Bill In December 2023, Ontario introduced the Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act (PUPS Act), which would amend the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act to prohibit some harmful dog breeding practices. But unfortunately, the bill w ..read more

TORONTO—Following a judge’s order signed late Thursday afternoon, undercover investigations in the meat, dairy, egg, and fur farming industries are once again legal in Ontario, in a huge victory for journalistic freedom. The order from Justice Markus Koehnen of the Superior Court of Justice gives effect to his ruling last month in a constitutional challenge by Animal Justice to Ontario’s so-called “Ag-Gag” law (agricultural gag) the Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, which aimed to shield industry from whistleblowers. The law made it illegal to use a false pretenc ..read more

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