I have been advocating for animal rights and protections all my life and this year, I am proud to support Animal Justice in this fundraising campaign! On my birthday (November 14th) I will take action with a 24-hour vow of silence for animals who are silenced by ag gag laws. This campaign is known as #Voiceless4AnimalJustice.
What is Animal Justice?
Animal Justice is Canada’s only national animal law advocacy organization working to protect all animals from cruelty and neglect. Their lawyers make sure animals have a voice in court, push for stronger laws, and raise the profile of animals in the media.
#Voiceless4AnimalJustice is an annual crowdfundraising campaign that allows supporters to collect funds to support our efforts to transform Canada into a kinder country for animals. This year’s campaign is entirely dedicated to funding a legal fight to strike down Canada’s ag gag laws in court, including upcoming lawsuits in Ontario and Alberta.
What are “ag gag” laws?
Ag gag laws are “agricultural gag” laws that outlaw undercover investigations, making it illegal for whistleblowers to film hidden animal abuse at farms and slaughterhouses and expose animal cruelty to the public.
The Canadian government doesn’t bother to regulate or inspect the treatment of animals on farms, so undercover investigations are one of the only ways to expose shocking and rampant abuse inherent to factory farms.
Troubling ag gag laws originated from the US and are new to Canada. Since the end of 2019, ag gag laws have been passed in Ontario and Alberta, and are being lobbied for by the meat industry in Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, and at the federal level.
Ag gag laws are well-known for having dire consequences for the millions of animals who suffer in brutal factory farms, but can also make it illegal to investigate cruelty in puppy mills, fur farms, and labs.
Canada currently has some of the worst animal protections laws in the western world, and these dangerous ag gag laws will make a bad situation far worse.
Learn more at www.animaljustice.ca
