Animal Rights

• Animal rights groups seek review of Ontario’s new hunting dog law

  Two animal rights organizations have requested a review of a new Ontario law that allows dogs to track down captive coyotes, foxes and rabbits in massive fenced-in pens.

  Canada

  Mar 27
  
• ‘Don’t give rabbits as gifts for Easter,’ animal rights advocates urge

  With Easter just around the corner, animal rights advocates are once again warning the public to think carefully before giving rabbits as pets.

  Canada

  Mar 23
  
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• ‘Shocking’ video appears to show horse carcass used as bait outside Merritt, B.C.

  On different days, stitched together by Animal Justice, the man appears to set traps near the horse's entrails, and to have shot a coyote and dragged it away in a sled.

  Crime

  Feb 15
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• Court rules Montreal-area city can cull white-tailed deer population in local park

  The ruling is the latest in a saga that has seen animal rights groups fight in court to block the cull, arguing that control methods should favour keeping the animals alive.

  Environment

  Aug 31, 2023
• Horse euthanized following injury during Calgary Stampede chuckwagon race

  A horse on Kris Molle's team sustained an injury Friday during the seventh heat of the Cowboys Rangeland Derby, stampede officials say.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2023
• Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair returns after 4-year hiatus, protesters gather

  The event is not without controversy as animal activists gathered outside, protesting the treatment of the animals.

  Canada

  May 21, 2023
• Independent assessment of Lucy the elephant reveals ‘new medical information’: City of Edmonton

  Four experts found that Lucy has very severe hypoxemia and hypercapnia. Two of the veterinarians found she breaths solely through her mouth, which they've never seen before.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2023
• Year of the Rabbit: Canada’s animal shelters urge not to adopt bunnies on a whim

  Sometimes people "get caught up in the excitement of a holiday or a larger festival" and don't really put much thought before getting an animal, said one animal rights advocate.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2023
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• ‘Trust, but verify’: Animal welfare auditors support greater oversight of B.C. wolf cull

  The Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship has not published evidence to support its claims that the controversial wolf cull in B.C. is carried out humanely.

  Environment

  Dec 16, 2022
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• B.C. government won’t release photos of controversial wolf cull

  "Such photos are used strictly by the provincial wildlife veterinarian for assessment purposes, and would not be shared," wrote spokesperson Tania Venn.

  Environment

  Dec 8, 2022