An important bill aiming to end the live export of Canadian horses to Japan for slaughter has passed the House of Commons Agriculture Committee, and will soon move on to the next phase of the legislative process! On Thursday, April 18, Bill C-355 successfully passed a vote in committee, and has progressed to the report stage, where the committee reports its findings back to the House of Commons. After that, Members of Parliament will have a vote on the bill, and it will hopefully move on to the Senate.. Every year, Canada raises thousands of horses in barren feedlots and ships them by air from ..read more

A live horse export company is in court in Winnipeg today, facing a charge over a shipment of horses from Swan River, Manitoba to Japan for slaughter that exceeded the 28-hour legal time limit for travel. The gruelling journey was likely over 32 hours long, and three horses tragically collapsed on the plane. On February 27, 2024 Animal Justice successfully laid a charge against Carolyle Farms over the unlawful shipment, after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency failed to enforce federal laws designed to protect animals during transport laws, and declined to prosecute the horse export company ..read more

Today, Animal Justice’s director of legal advocacy Kaitlyn Mitchell, testified before the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in support of Bill S-15. This crucial proposed legislation seeks to ban most captivity and breeding of great apes and elephants, and we’re pushing lawmakers to strengthen the bill to include big cats.  The committee meeting is part of the bill’s study stage, where the legislation is carefully reviewed and potentially amended before it has a final Senate vote. The bill would then move to the House of Commons to repeat the process, and hopefully b ..read more

Caviar and roe are garnishes that cause extreme suffering to fishes, and concerned citizens are speaking up!  On Saturday, April 6, over a dozen animal advocates protested outside a Whole Foods Market in Toronto to demand the grocer stop selling caviar and roe, also known as “ikura”, which is often used as a topping on sushi. The protest drew plenty of attention. The busy area was filled with families shopping and people driving on Yonge Street. Passersby, intrigued by the posters highlighting the cruelty of caviar, paused to learn more, and many signed our petition asking Whole Foods to ..read more

Last year, Ontario passed a sickening new law to expand penned dog hunting in the province, which was in the midst of being phased out. In this disturbing bloodsport, hunters train dogs to chase and maul foxes, coyotes, and rabbits in an enclosed area—where they have no chance of escaping, and are often killed. It has been illegal to open a new dog hunting pens since 1997, when the province passed laws to phase out the practice due to the cruelty involved. The number of dog hunting pens in the province plummeted from around 50 to 60, down to only 24. Ontarians rose up against plans to expand d ..read more

A survey of more than 1,000 Canadian residents found that egg packaging from multiple companies is highly misleading, with consumers wrongly believing hens live in better conditions than they truly do, leading to misinformed—and costly—egg purchasing decisions. The report was conducted by Bryant Research and commissioned by Animal Justice. Notably, of the 95 percent of respondents who purchase eggs, 54 percent reported that animal welfare influences the eggs they buy, and only 7 percent feel that the accuracy of welfare labels on egg packaging is unimportant. The vast majority of consumers rep ..read more

Exciting progress! The Senate has voted in favour of an important government bill aiming to ban great ape and elephant captivity in Canada. It will now be studied in more detail by a Senate committee. On March 19, 2024 at Bill S-15’s second reading, senators voted in favour of moving the legislation forward to the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, where it will be reviewed and may be amended before it has a final vote. If passed, the bill will outlaw most captivity and breeding of these animals, as well as forcing them to perform for entertainment. Animal Justice applauds the gove ..read more

Whole Foods is a supermarket chain well-known for its health-conscious fare and claims of high animal welfare standards—including for its “seafood” products. But while the retailer boasts about offering products that are sustainable and kind to animals, Whole Foods is stocking its shelves with caviar, a garnish of extreme animal suffering. Tell Whole Foods to Ban Caviar Animal Justice recently released shocking and disturbing undercover footage from a certified organic and sustainable fish farm where endangered sturgeons are raised for meat and caviar on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. In ..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 a skilled and driven Director of Operations and Finance to lead the administrative and financial side of the organization. The ideal candidate will be passionate about Animal Justice’s mission and will have a strong background in operations and finan ..read more

Watch the Video Take Action Caviar, a symbol of culinary luxury, comes at a steep cost beyond its lavish price tag. For the first time, Animal Justice is exposing the immense cruelty endured by the fishes who are exploited for decades, and have their eggs cut out of them to be served as a delicacy. This is Canada’s first-ever undercover investigation at a fish farm, and the world’s first insider look at the caviar industry. Our horrifying new footage exposes the dirty secrets behind the opulent garnish. An Animal Justice whistleblower worked at Northern Divine Aquafarms, a caviar farm on Br ..read more