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Image by Petra from Pixabay We wish to thank G. Williams for her excellent work on the use of dog crates. She wrote the article below. The version you see here was updated Aug 28, 2024. She gave us permission to share it. We haven’t included photos of the crates because so many things are copyrighted these days, […]
Image by Janusz Walczak from Pixabay We are horrified by the practice of pound seizures that send animals from pound or shelter to research or educational facilities in Ontario and happy to share the change.org petition on the issue. Please read and sign. It only takes a moment! We are residents of Kingston, ON, Canada […]
Image by Konstantin Kolosov from Pixabay There are a number of problems with using animal models for researching treatments and cures for human medical conditions. It is cruel. Animal physiology is different than ours so there is a certain amount of guesswork involved in applying findings to humans. There are also problems in reliably creating, […]
Image by Katharina N. from Pixabay Our thanks to Nicole Corrado for starting this petition. Please stop the “acute lethality tests” on rainbow trout, three lined stickleback, and other fish species. These tests involve pumping effluents into fish tanks about once a month, and if more than half the fish die, the experiments are repeated. There are animal free […]
Exclusive performance piece! Volunteers welcome! On April 27, 2024, as part of the Global Anti-Vivisection World Protest being coordinated by TAVA, we will share the story of two beagle dogs* bred and used in labs in an imagined world where Canada would have changed its policies to allow drug approvals without animals, as the US […]
Image by Fred Lehmann from Pixabay We have previously shared actions regarding Canadian ag gag laws. These laws make it illegal for whistleblowers to go undercover at a factory farm or slaughterhouse to expose hidden animal suffering. The laws are the result of lobbying by animal agriculture industries. Now, we are happy to share news […]
Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay Health Canada requires that new drugs be tested on animals. This is not only problematic because of the cruelty involved but also because, as many researchers recognize, animal models are a poor predictor for human outcomes – our physiology is different. On March 27, 2004, Health Canada sent out […]
Image by Nicholas_Demetriades from Pixabay Recent science has demonstrated that lobsters, fish and other sea creatures are as sensitive to pain and stress as mammals. In the U.K. Crustaceans have been recognized as sentient beings in an amendment to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill. A review of the research to back up recognition of their sentience is available […]