Animal Justice

Canada’s only national animal law non-profit. Our lawyers lead the legal fight for animal protection.

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Canada has NO national laws regulating how animals are treated on farms.

The government allows Big Ag to largely write its own voluntary standards, & the result is hundreds of millions of animals suffering every year in horrifying conditions.

Discover Animal Justice's powerful new transparency tool: NFACTs.

#CdnPoli #CdnAg

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Marineland’s cetaceans spent their lives in captivity, victims of a cruel marine animal entertainment industry. Since the summer, 6 belugas & 1 dolphin died shortly after being shipped from Marineland to aquariums in the US & Spain. Their stories deserve to be told 🐋💔 Act now ➡️ https://t.co/jU0I0YUsA6

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TORONTO! Join us for our Ethics in Action event on Wednesday in partnership with @FurBearers! 🦊

Through a One Health lens, speakers Alanna Devine (Animal Justice) & Jeff Phillips (The Fur-Bearers) will explore why ending fur farming is vital for animal protection, public health, & environmental safety.

🗓️ Oct 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
📍 Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto
🤝 Conversation + small-group networking (light refreshments provided!)
🎟️ Seats are limited, RSVP 👉 https://t.co/n24G3fmmiZ

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We love seeing Stiorra the sheep enjoy all the love & pampering she deserves! 💙

Sheep are affectionate, intelligent individuals with their own personalities, & they deserve to be treated with kindness.

📹 Instagram | Kootenay Acres Farm Sanctuary

#ChooseKindness

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Don’t kill the dogs! ⚠️🐶 Animal advocates gathered outside the Nucro-Technics lab in Toronto today, demanding the lab rehome dogs used in experiments instead of killing them.

Ontario passed a historic law banning most invasive medical experiments on dogs & cats. Once the law takes effect on January 1, labs will no longer be able to conduct these experiments, & we’re demanding that they give surviving animals a second chance at life.

Nucro-Technics has launched a legal challenge to overturn the new law.

Tell Nucro-Technics to commit to a formal rehoming plan for any dogs & cats currently in its lab ➡️ https://t.co/XfRrQFLUqC

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Dairy is SCARY: Dairy farmers repeatedly impregnate cows & take their babies away, despite the distress caused to both mothers & calves 💔 This cruelty should be illegal!

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HORRIFYING: Canada slaughtered a record 882 million land animals for food in 2025—up 19 million from 2024 🐔💔 This rise is driven by growing chicken consumption. Chickens, who are much smaller than cows or pigs, are killed in far greater numbers to produce meat. Learn more 👉 https://t.co/yY1Y5UL0k2

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BREAKING: Animal Justice is at the Supreme Court of Canada today fighting for government accountability when animals & their habitats are harmed!

#OntarioPlace in Toronto is home to diverse wildlife, including migratory birds, minks, & beavers. But the Ontario government’s massive redevelopment project has already destroyed hundreds of trees, threatening crucial wildlife habitat ⚠️

The province passed a law shielding itself from lawsuits related to the redevelopment. Now, Animal Justice is intervening in a landmark Supreme Court case challenging that law.

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This Saturday! Join us in Scarborough to urge Nucro-Technics lab NOT to kill its lab dogs & to rehome them instead!

Ontario passed a historic law banning most invasive medical research on dogs & cats, taking effect January 1, 2027. Now, we need to make sure the animals who survive research get the second chance at life they deserve.

📢 PROTEST: Nucro-Technics Lab
📅 Saturday, October 17
🕐 1–3 PM
📍 2000 Ellesmere Rd, Scarborough, Ontario
✅ RSVP: https://t.co/oVOlu7OGFt

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BREAKING: A Toronto lab that experiments on beagles is suing Ontario to overturn new laws restricting most invasive medical cat & dog experiments.

We'll seek to intervene in the case to help defend these hard-won protections for cats & dogs!

Help lab animals now: https://t.co/4U5G6T0yeQ

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Spotted at Ottawa Airport: New Animal Justice ads calling on Canada to END live horse exports 🐴

Ag Minister Heath MacDonald & Prime Minister Mark Carney have the power to ban live horse exports by simply changing regulations. Urge them to act NOW 👉 https://t.co/UNe0YrbtTG

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Meet Tammy, who celebrated 8 wonderful years at her sanctuary home this year! Turkeys are affectionate, intelligent, & deeply social beings, each with their own unique personalities. They are friends, not food, & deserve to be treated with kindness 🦃💙 #Thanksgiving

📹 Instagram | Lancaster Farm Sanctuary

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📢 In 2016, Sobeys committed to selling 100% cage-free eggs by 2025.

Today, over 80% of Sobeys eggs come from caged hens. While Sobeys talks about “choice” for low-income customers, hens in its supply chain are forced into a life of suffering. Demand an end to cage cruelty: https://t.co/scWDwdSdoI

#WorldEggDay

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Turkeys have nothing to be thankful for on #Thanksgiving 💔 Over 99% of turkeys are raised on factory farms, confined to overcrowded, filthy barns, & slaughtered when they’re just a few months old. Choose compassion by leaving turkeys off of your plate 🦃🙏

📷 Jo-Anne McArthur | @WeAnimals

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BREAKING: Caspian, a 27-year-old female beluga, is the 6th animal to die after being shipped from #Marineland to aquariums abroad this summer 💔 She deserved so much better.

Take action to stop future suffering in tanks ➡️ https://t.co/5polIzvarM

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Ontario is proposing a ban on horse slaughter at provincially licensed slaugherhouses—but horses can still be sold & transported through the province to be killed elsewhere ⚠️🐴 Animal Justice is urging Ontario to close this loophole! Have your say before Oct 23, 2026! 👉 https://t.co/iYwlWNNwFB

[Animal Justice @AnimalJustice]

BREAKING: A Toronto lab that experiments on beagles is suing Ontario to overturn new laws restricting most invasive medical cat & dog experiments.

We'll seek to intervene in the case to help defend these hard-won protections for cats & dogs!

Help lab animals now: https://t.co/4U5G6T0yeQ

[Animal Justice @AnimalJustice]

This #WorldOctopusDay, let’s protect these remarkable animals from the immense suffering of factory farming. The 2026 Octopus Summit by @gwlaw brought experts together to explore how we can STOP octopus factory farming before it starts! 🐙🚫

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Billions of aquatic animals are killed in Canada every year, yet they have shockingly few legal protections 💔🐟

Fishes can legally be left to asphyxiate, be gutted alive, or crushed under the weight of other fishes—all while fully conscious. They feel pain, & the law should protect them from cruelty!

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Sheep farming in Canada is rife with cruelty ⚠️

It's LEGAL to kill lambs by striking them with a hammer or slamming them against a hard surface. Tail docking, castration, ear notching, & other mutilations without appropriate pain medication are permitted.

Shockingly, in Canada, the industry writes its own rules & prevents any real protections for farmed animals. #CdnAg

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Animal Justice has filed legal complaints against misleading Quebec dairy ads that may dupe Quebecers into believing dairy cows generally live in pastures.

70% of Quebec dairy barns use cruel tie-stall systems, where cows are tied by the neck & tail in narrow stalls & are unable to walk, socialize, graze, or go outdoors 💔 #QCAg #CdnAg

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