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Animal Testing Rises in Canada: 3.9 Million Animals Used in 2025
Over 3.93 million animals were subjected to experiments in 2025. With severely painful experiments on the rise, the new data highlights the urgent need for nationwide oversight and a transition to animal-free science.
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(Video) Horses Beaten with Rods at Alberta Feedlot
Shocking footage obtained by Animal Justice shows horses at an Alberta feedlot being struck violently on the face and body with rods. The horses are loaded onto transport trucks headed for Edmonton airport to be shipped to Japan for slaughter.
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Ontario’s Ban on Dog & Cat Testing: Help Rehome Lab Animals!
Ontario’s historic ban on most invasive medical testing on dogs and cats takes effect January 1, 2027. Animal Justice is calling on research labs to rehome their cats and dogs before the ban begins. Join us in demanding a better future for animals in labs.
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Ottawa Airport Ads Urge Mark Carney & Heath MacDonald to Ban Live Horse Exports
Animal Justice’s new Ottawa airport ads demand an immediate end to Canada’s live horse export trade, urging PM Mark Carney and Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald to finally honor a long-overdue promise.
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Nucro-Technics Is Suing to Stop Ontario’s Ban on Invasive Dog & Cat Experiments. We’ll Fight Back.
Nucro-Technics Inc., a private contract lab in Toronto, has launched a legal challenge against Ontario’s new protections for dogs and cats. Animal Justice will seek leave to intervene in the case to help defend the law and the animals it was designed to protect.
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Dogs Leading the Way Out of Animal Experimentation | Panel Recap
For years, the suffering of animals used for science has been hidden behind closed doors—but the truth is finally coming to light.
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Ontario Place Case: Animal Justice Fights at Supreme Court to Protect Wildlife
Animal Justice is intervening in an important Supreme Court of Canada case involving Toronto’s Ontario Place, an essential habitat for local wildlife and stopover site for migratory birds.
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2025 Canadian Slaughter Statistics: 882 Million Land Animals Killed
Over 882 million land animals were killed for food in Canada in 2025—19 million more than in 2024. Despite the growing number of animals killed each year, farmed animals have no meaningful legal protections.
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Animal Justice Files Complaint Over Manitoba Mink Farm Secrecy
Mink fur farms pose serious threats to public health, animal welfare, and the environment. Manitobans deserve transparency about this secretive, harmful industry operating in their province.
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Ontario’s Proposed Horse Slaughter Ban Is a Great Start—Now Stop the Transport
Ontario’s proposed horse slaughter ban is an important step, but it leaves a major loophole: horses can still be sold and transported through the province for slaughter elsewhere. Animal Justice is calling on Ontario to also ban the sale and transport of horses for slaughter. Public comments are open until October 23, 2026.
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Sheep Farming in Canada: Codes of Practice Fail Animals
Canadian farms operate with no federal laws to protect animal welfare. This leaves Canada’s farmed animals vulnerable to serious harm, cruel practices, and a lack of meaningful legal protection.
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Animal Justice Files Complaints Over Misleading Ads Portraying Quebec Dairy Cows
Animal Justice files legal complaints over Quebec dairy ads depicting cows on green pastures, exposing that over 70 percent of Quebec dairy cows are confined in tie-stalls.
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Vegan Discrimination Case: Firefighter Denied Leave to Appeal, But Access to Justice Expands
While the Court won’t hear Adam Knauff’s appeal, his case pushed the Ontario Court of Appeal to update its public interest appeal rules for the first time in over 50 years—expanding access to justice across Ontario.
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No Future in Cages: Why USask’s New Poultry Research Facility Misses the Mark
The University of Saskatchewan’s new poultry research facility includes caged housing despite growing global demand for cage-free systems.
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