Agricultural exceptionalism on display. Animal farming / slaughter gets a free pass from so many laws - workplace health and safety rules, animal cruelty laws, environmental protections. Everything, really. This powerful industry exempts itself and regulators are just along for the ride.

Jeremy Appel 🍉@readtheorchard.org · 6d ago

NEW: Today the Parkland Institute released a 200-page report that provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the fatal Covid outbreak at the Cargill meatpacking plant in High River. www.readtheorchard.org/p/how-corpor...

Quebec dairy farmers are running misleading ads that suggest cows get to live in pastures. In reality, over 70% of Quebec dairy cows spend their lives chained by the neck inside stalls in barns. I'm glad Le Soleil covered this troubling ad campaign. www.lesoleil.com/actualites/a...

Une pub du lait trop belle pour être vraie?

Qui croirait que des vaches tachetées noir et blanc se prélassant dans un pré se fassent traiter de propos mensongers?

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Join us for this workshop in Toronto on Friday - only $20! www.alaconference.ca

Animal Justice@animal-justice.bsky.social · 6d ago

🏛️ Turn public concern into real policy change for animals! Join @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, Cheri Shanker, Aaron Freeman, Pierre Sadik, & Sayara Thurston at #ALAC2026 for a special interactive workshop on how to lobby for animals—including a hands-on simulation! 🎟️ https://bit.ly/4hge3PX

Privatizing airports will make air travel more expensive. This is VERY basic math. Companies aim to extract profit for shareholders and will force us to pay more. In a country where airlines already engage in monopolistic gouging, the last thing we need is privatized airports.

If rodeo cowboys smack animals when TV cameras are present, just imagine the animal abuse that happens on the ranch when no one is watching. #CalgaryStampede

Camille Labchuk@camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A rodeo participant repeatedly smacked a fallen horse in the head at the Calgary Stampede rodeo, and now authorities are investigating after we filed a complaint. These clowns know people are watching yet STILL engage in abusive misconduct toward animals. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

A rodeo participant repeatedly smacked a fallen horse in the head at the Calgary Stampede rodeo, and now authorities are investigating after we filed a complaint. These clowns know people are watching yet STILL engage in abusive misconduct toward animals. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Calgary Humane Society investigating handling of Stampede horse

The Calgary Humane Society is investigating after video showing the handling of a horse before a rodeo event at the Calgary Stampede prompted a complaint from an animal advocacy group.

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Anyone working in political advocacy would agree. For the first time, the Senate became a useful chamber where important legislation could be introduced, seriously debated, and ultimately pass into law. Updates to Canada's 100-year old animal welfare laws wouldn't have happened without senators.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦@emmettmacfarlane.com · 3mo ago

A lot of commentators hate the Senate, and hate the renewed Senate post-2016. But I don't know a single person who actually *studies* the Senate (and granted, there are very few of us), who doesn't think the Trudeau reforms were an improvement over the previous status quo. That tells you something.

patronage nepo appointments to the senate? we’re so back baby!!!!

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 3mo ago

I'm on Canadaland this week, talking about what the government & farms are trying to hide by outlawing undercover investigations at animal farms. (Spoiler: They're trying to stop the videos of sick, sad, and caged animals—regularly kicked and beaten by farmers.)

Canadaland@canadaland.com · 3mo ago

Today, we’re headed to “Bovine University” to figure out what’s at the heart of an Ontario law, and why animal rights activists are unhappy about it.

What kind of weird joke is this? Fundraising to pay for government facilities? It's called "paying taxes".

J. Kelly Nestruck@nestruck.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) will lead a national, non-partisan fundraising campaign"... Good lord, just pay for 24 Sussex Dr. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Our interview with the awesome @camillelabchuk.bsky.social from @animal-justice.bsky.social is finally online! On captive belugas, sanctuaries, sketchy senators and fighting the good fight 🐳 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

Camille Labchuk on Animal Rights and Wrongs

Podcast Episode · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · May 15 · 40m

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I'm thrilled that @animal-justice.bsky.social just won the prestigious 2026 Lush Prize, for our work with two whistleblowers to expose (and close down!) a secret dog testing lab at St. Joseph's Hospital. This led to new laws banning cat & dog research in Ontario! lushprize.org/2026-prize/2...

Great piece: Poilievre serves up bull about beef on Rogan  www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/13/o...

Poilievre serves up bull about beef on Rogan

Promoting beef and rejecting plant-based proteins and seed oils, subtly communicate alignment with broader anti-regulatory, anti-environmental and anti-animal rights positions, while often appearing t...

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Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying

Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units

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Follow along for a day in my life as an animal rights lawyer!

Animal Justice@animal-justice.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A look behind the scenes at a trial that could change the legal landscape for animals in Canada! Animal Justice Executive Director @camillelabchuk.bsky.social & our legal team recently wrapped a rare private prosecution against a live horse exporter. Verdict is expected March 27! 🐴

Or they could have just let this beautiful fish live. Ice fishing has always struck me as so cruel. The fishes don’t even get one season where they aren’t being terrorized by trophy hunting (which is what this is).

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 8mo ago

Six fishermen who cast a line in the frozen Saguenay River in the Canadian province of Quebec worked for more than two hours to reel in an Atlantic halibut that broke local records. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/w...

“Millions of taxpayers’ dollars were poured down the drain, wasted to massacre these sensitive, intelligent animals who, by that point, were entirely healthy." — @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, executive director of Animal Justice #BCostrichfarm

‘Millions wasted killing healthy B.C. ostriches:’ Animal Justice - Chilliwack Progress

Agency says taxpayers’ money wasted, could have been used to fund disease prevention, support animal sanctuaries

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Today we learned the feds spent $6.8M to kill the ostriches. This includes $2.3M in staff time & $1.3M to lawyers. To kill HEALTHY birds. Imagine how many animals could have been helped if the feds simply gave this cash to farmed animal sanctuaries. www.ourcommons.ca/written-ques...

We're hiring a Legislative Affairs Manager at @animal-justice.bsky.social! This is a perfect job for someone with experience in politics or government. Come help us pass new laws to protect animals. No law degree required, ideally living in Ottawa or Toronto. animaljustice.ca/blog/job-pos...

Job Posting: Legislative Affairs Manager

We seek an enthusiastic and driven Legislative Affairs Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about enhancing legal protections for animals, and will be responsible for assis...

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Some jerk shot a deer with an arrow in Toronto. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Deer shot dead by arrow in Toronto cemetery | CBC News

Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is seeking the public’s help to track down the person who killed a deer in a Toronto cemetery.

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I was up early to join David Common on CBC's Metro Morning! We talked about Ontario's move to ban cosmetic surgeries on pets like cat declawing, ear cropping, and debarking. Good news, but slicing off dogs' tails should also be banned. Have your say: www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/proposal/52973

Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda #Opinion by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social

Linda McQuaig: Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda

Canadians want tougher regulations to stop cruelty to animals on factory farms, yet no major political party ever picks up this issue in earnest.

thestar.com

We are so close to the Star Trek promise of a universal translator!

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 9mo ago

A non-Japanese-speaking visitor to Tokyo used Apple’s new in-ear translation feature to connect with locals at bars, sushi classes and even a fire ritual. Here's how it went.

I'm grateful to @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for reminding us of the animals that many forget. Factory farms are almost completely unregulated in Canada and are free to abuse animals in horrible ways. In 2026, let's change this. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Linda McQuaig: Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda

Canadians want tougher regulations to stop cruelty to animals on factory farms, yet no major political party ever picks up this issue in earnest.

thestar.com

“The province has very extensive authority under the PAWS Act to go in & care for the whales in the short term & protect them from being euthanized by Marineland.” — @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, executive director of Animal Justice #OnPoli

Animal lawyers call on Ontario to protect Marineland’s belugas

The PAWS Act gives the provincial government power to intervene and ensure the 30 captive whales aren’t euthanized

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After decades of profiting from cruelty, Marineland is threatening to kill its 30 remaining whales 💔 It's time for Ontario to step in to protect the whales & send Marineland the bill! @camillelabchuk.bsky.social: “Marineland has a moral obligation to fund the future care of these animals.” ⬇️

Marine park threatens to euthanize 30 whales if Canada does not provide funding

Marineland’s warning comes after Canadian official blocked the transfer of the beluga whales to a theme park in China

theguardian.com

NEW op-ed from our ED @camillelabchuk.bsky.social: St. Joseph’s Hospital is ending dog experiments after our exposé. Premier Doug Ford has promised new laws to ban dog & cat experiments—but we also need federal leadership & funding for #CrueltyFree alternatives.

Closing St. Joseph’s dog lab is a victory — but it’s just the beginning

Ontario must pass new laws, and the federal government should fund the alternatives we need. It’s time for Canada to join the growing list of countries moving beyond animal experiments altogether.

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Animal Law & Advocacy Conference 2025 | Animal Justice

Join us at the Animal Law & Advocacy Conference September 26-28, 2025 at Toronto Metropolitan University. Presented by Animal Justice.

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“It is 2025, but these completely preventable killings continue to happen. It’s absurd that Stampede organizers permit this brutal spectacle to continue where horses are doomed to die nearly every year.” — @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, ED at Animal Justice

Horse euthanized following Saturday chuckwagon races at Calgary Stampede

An injured horse was euthanized following the chuckwagon races Saturday night at the Calgary Stampede.

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