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Pet dogs and cats “taken” from streets and roads at risk of being sold to researchers
May 05, 2021 15:08 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, May 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- “As shocking as it sounds, the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs allows anyone to pick up dogs and cats from streets and roads in...
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Animal Alliance of Canada shocked that Parks Canada continues to ignore Covid restrictions to kill cormorants on Middle Island
May 05, 2021 14:40 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, May 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Even though the Cedar Island Marina in Kingsville is closed due to Covid restrictions, Parks Canada staff, from Point Pelee National Park, continue to...
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Animal Alliance of Canada: Ontario’s Emergency Stay-At-Home Order Defied by Federal Employees
April 21, 2021 13:09 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Is killing Double-crested Cormorants on a small, uninhabited island an “essential service”? To any reasonable person, the answer is obviously ‘no’. Yet...
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Animal Alliance of Canada sends lawyer’s letter to Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry regarding illegality of wildlife-killing contest in Belleville
February 26, 2021 16:54 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Animal Alliance of Canada, along with allied organizations, has yet again hired lawyer, Peter Copeland, to compose a letter opposing wildlife-killing...
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Animal Alliance of Canada: Primates Subject to Cruel Research in Canada
February 25, 2021 17:51 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a National Post article, 1000 macaques were imported from Cambodia to be used for research purposes. “It is totally legal in Canada to...
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Where Do Pet Dogs and Cats in Research Come From? New Data on Animal Use from the Canadian Council on Animal Care shows that, 11% of the time, the CCAC has no idea
November 12, 2020 09:00 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, Nov. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In general, dogs and cats make up a comparatively small percentage of research animals in Canada. So it’s likely many Canadians are unaware that lost,...
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Animal Alliance Finds Disturbing Increase in Numbers of Animals Used in the Most Painful Kinds of Experiments in Canada
November 10, 2020 12:11 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- “CCAC data show that, over the past five years, the number of animals subjected to Category E experiments almost doubled,” said Liz White, Director, Animal...
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What Animal Alliance of Canada would like everyone to know about COVID-19 Vaccine Testing
April 21, 2020 06:00 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A long-standing regulatory requirement to bring vaccines to market involves testing them on animal models prior to clinical trials with humans. Although...
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Time is ripe for a plant-based diet
April 16, 2020 14:21 ET | Animal Alliance of Canada
TORONTO, April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With meat production systems compromised by the need to shut down processing facilities due to the health crisis, now is the time for Canada to begin a...