PETA sounded the alarm over Charles River Laboratories’ recent illegal imports of endangered monkeys into Canada, and now three members of Parliament are raising serious concerns to several cabinet ministers and calling for immediate action.
Your voice is needed now to help get the Canada-to-Japan horse slaughter pipeline shut down! Legislation that would prohibit shipping horses via air to be killed in other countries has passed the House of Commons and is now with the Senate—which needs to hear from you right away.
Bill C-275, the amendment that Parliament snuck into an existing “animal health” law to punish activists with up to six months in jail and fines of up to $50,000 for entering a factory farm to document cruelty or provide aid to suffering animals has passed the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food and is now with the Senate for further study. Please urge your senators to vote NO on Bill C-275.
In remembrance of the chickens who were killed when the truck carrying them collided with another vehicle and crashed into a median on Highway 401 earlier this month, PETA has placed a memorial billboard near the site—and close to several restaurants serving chicken—reminding viewers that the crash victims were individuals who suffered immensely only because people wanted to eat them.
