Critter News
AUGUST 17, 2011
I don't think it's likely that Air Canada is going to budge on this. Animal-rights activists are urging Air Canada to stop shipping live monkeys and other animals destined for experimentation, saying the airline can change its tariff rules if it wants. Excerpted from the Montreal Gazette.
Critter News
MARCH 8, 2009
The provincial government says it's gone from "worst to first" and Ontario is now the only jurisdiction in Canada with special protections for law-enforcement animals like police dogs and horses. Tags: ontario canada legislation animal welfare. Veterinarians are now required to report any instances of abuse or neglect.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
The fallout from the huge puppy mill seizure is fueling calls for a review of Quebec's animal rights laws, which are abysmal even for Canada. Animal welfare workers are calling for stricter laws on breeding facilities after more than 500 allegedly malnourished dogs were seized from a Quebec puppy farm last week.
Critter News
DECEMBER 19, 2011
I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Toronto city council voted in October to move the elephants to a facility run by PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) near Galt, Calif., Excerpted from CBC News. called ARK 2000.
Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2012
1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped cages used by many egg farmers and criticized by animal rights proponents and veterinarians who call them cruel and harmful to the birds' welfare.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada. This standing and the rights associated with it must be enforceable against the government so that the public can hold it accountable. This principle reaffirms that animal welfare is an integral part of modern conservation.
Critter News
APRIL 25, 2010
Unfortunately, a record number of horses are now going to Canadian and Mexican slaughterhouses, where there is no USDA control over animal welfare conditions. I understand what animal activists are trying to accomplish, but every time I read one of these stories, I wonder if this ban was the right thing. I just don't know.
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