Wildlife Conservation Canada Project #9826

Animal Cruelty Legislation

by Humane Canada

Project Report | Apr 15, 2022
Exciting progress being made for animals in Canada

By Melissa Devlin | Donor Engagement & Development Coordinator

Hello,

Thank you so much for your continued support to Humane Canada®, we are pleased to give you this update on the important work & game-changing protection happening for animals in Canada.

We are happy to share the great news that the Jane Goodall Act has been reintroduced! On March 22, 2022, Senator Marty Klyne reintroduced the new Bill S-241 with the support of Canada’s leading zoos and animal advocacy organizations, including Humane Canada. This game-changing legislation bans new captivity of great apes, elephants, big cats, bears, wolves, seals, sea lions, walruses, certain monkeys, and dangerous reptiles unless licensed for their best interests, including individual welfare and conservation, or non-harmful scientific research.

The Jane Goodall Act will ban the use of all designated animals in performance, and states that science, empathy, and justice require everyone to respect the biological and ecological characteristics and needs of animals. This Act will afford captive animals limited standing under the law, creates a permitting system for animal care organizations and will represent a unique coalition of government, animal welfare groups, and accredited Zoos. Stay tuned for more updates on this groundbreaking Bill.

On to a different bill, efforts are being made to re-introduce legislation to ban cosmetic testing. We continue to meet with officials on The Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, Bill S-214 that was introduced but died in 2019. You can learn more about the “Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act” on our website under ‘How to Help’.

Bill C-247, an Act to prohibit fur farming, proposes to put an end to commercial fur farming in Canada, following the success of an e-campaign by the House of Commons in which over 7000 Canadians called upon the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on fur farming for all species of animals.

The Liberal Party’s 2021 election platform contained several important commitments on animal welfare issues, and we are pleased to see them included in Ministerial mandate letters and developing legislation. You can learn more on how the Government is protecting animals in Canada on our website.

Thank you again for your support to Humane Canada and we look forward to keeping you updated on the progress being made to protect animals in our country.

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Humane Canada

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Dec 20, 2021
Celebrating Animal Welfare Milestones in 2021!

By Barbara Cartwright | CEO

As 2021 ends we have more animal welfare milestones to CELEBRATE TOGETHER! We are really starting to see our hard work in speaking up for animals bring us closer to the Humane Canada we all dream of… but we must keep the momentum going!

This past Fall, for the first time in known history, animals made it to the election platforms of the major parties! Why is this so important? When governments listen and laws change, animals can be afforded the protection, resources and justice that they deserve. Now we will work harder than ever to ensure that those promises are upheld and the voices of animals are heard because we can clearly see the difference that work is making through our efforts to update animal cruelty legislation!

You may remember that our support to draft, introduce and pass Bill S-203 in 2019 finally put an end to the captivity of whales, dolphins, and other cetaceans. Now, two years later, on the 14th of December, MarineLand has been criminally charged for using captive Cetaceans for entertainment purposes.

These charges would not have been possible without the addition of an amendment to the code that Humane Canada helped to secure to make sure that remaining grandfathered captive cetaceans’ welfare would be protected within the law. Despite that law, MarineLand continued to make dolphins and belugas perform demeaning tricks in front of a crowd to earn their food. While we celebrate the victory of this charge today, many animals are still living in poor conditions and enduring chronic stress at MarineLand including Kiska, now known as “the loneliest whale in the world.”

With your support Humane Canada continues to strongly advocate for their welfare now with renewed hope that these sensitive, sentient beings can be released to better life in sanctuary and not sold to another park for entertainment.

Thanks to donors like you we will continue to bring justice for animals, pushing for updates to our inadequate animal cruelty laws and recognition of animals as sentient beings who feel and experience pain and emotion. We will continue to keep you updated on this important work.

Let's keep moving the needle forward for animal welfare into 2022! From our team at Humane Canada, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy New Year!

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MarineLand Charged Under the Criminal Code

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Aug 20, 2021
Important Update on Bill C-3

By Barbara Cartwright | CEO

Hello,

We are pleased to share with you another big success in our work to better protect animals and to have those in the justice system understand the links between animal violence and human violence.

On May 6th, 2021, Bill C-3 to Amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code, passed into law. This Bill requires that new judges agree to undergo training on sexual assault and systemic racism before they're appointed to the bench. Why is it good news for animals? We are happy to say that our proposal for Judges to be trained on the Violence Link was accepted!

Violence Link crimes victimize some of the most vulnerable in our society. Perpetrators use animal abuse to coerce, control, and intimidate women, children and elders to be silent about their abuse, preventing them from leaving, and force them to return. Animals and their abuse are often invisible in these crimes, and this training will ensure judges better understand the Violence Link as they preside over cases.

Humane Canada submitted a statement and an observation asking the Canadian Senate to include training on the Violence Link in this bill, and we are so pleased that it was accepted. As we continue to drive forward with our goal to secure stronger animal cruelty legislation, we are working to have animals recognized as victims in the Criminal Code, to ban puppy mills and to ban cosmetic testing on animals. It is a slow process but we have seen significant change recently toward a more Humane Canada.

Thank you so much for your generous donation and support of Animal Cruelty Legislation, we will continue to keep you informed and updated on this important work.

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BILL C-3: To Amend The Judges Act & Criminal Code (PDF)

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