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The End of Cowshwitz: Will Ethical Bacon & Eggs be Coming to Cowtown?

Paul Hughes | Posted 05.11.2013 | Canada Alberta
Paul Hughes

If Calgary Co-op member, and local food activist, Clint Robertson's motion is successful on Wednesday at their AGM, Calgary Co-op will make history by being the first major food retailer in Canada to begin phasing out the intensive confinement of farm animals, specifically caged pork and battery caged hens for eggs.

B.C.'s Torturous Wolf Management

Chris Genovali | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Chris Genovali

Brad Hill, a wildlife photographer and biologist from the Columbia Valley, discovered that the province has been placing wolf neck snares on Crown land near his home. Hill located 18 snares near a bait pile of road-killed elk and mule deer, designed to draw wolves into the area. Snares are the most inhumane, legally allowed traps in use.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: How Were Animals Treated In 2012?

The Huffington Post Canada | Maya Hamovitch | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Impact

Animals enhance our lives — they're loyal, offer comfort and companionship, and ask for little in return. But they too have needs and wants, and ...

What the Ikea Monkey Revealed About Animal Treatment in Canada

Lisa Kramer | Posted 02.11.2013 | Canada
Lisa Kramer

This poor juvenile rhesus macaque was found wandering through an IKEA parking lot in Toronto a few days ago, and he quickly became an international Internet sensation. In similar circumstances in recent memory, law enforcement agents have been known to shoot wayward animals, send them to zoos, or return them to their irresponsible human caretakers.

Wikipedia Cuts on the Bias

Douglas Anthony Cooper | Posted 12.10.2012 | Canada
Douglas Anthony Cooper

I admire Wikipedia -- always have -- but how do the official gardeners at Wikipedia respond when they have a snake in their grass? In my case, a biased commenter is still an editor in good standing, but the people who pointed out his fraudulence have been mostly banned.

Canadian To Defend Bestiality At Trial

CBC | Posted 04.27.2012 | Canada

A Vancouver man is set to go to trial for bestiality, a charge that is rarely prosecuted in the courts. The SPCA alleges it h...

Harp Seals on Thin Ice

Sheryl Fink | Posted 03.06.2012 | Canada
Sheryl Fink

The IFAW Seal Team has witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of climate change on harp seal pups in eastern Canada. New scientific evidence is proving our eye-witness accounts to be startlingly real and deeply concerning for seal conservation.

Courts Won't Help Lucy The Elephant Move To Sanctuary

CP | Posted 10.04.2011 | Canada

EDMONTON - Animal welfare groups fighting to see a lone elephant at Edmonton's zoo moved to a sanctuary in the United States have been dealt a blow by...

Stampede Driver Gets Record Fine

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.16.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- CALGARY - The Calgary Stampede levied its largest fine ever against a driver Saturday, after a chuckwagon race collision led to ...

Dying To Win

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.15.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- CALGARY - A second horse has died during the chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede. Stampede spokesman Doug Fraser said Fr...

Seal Hunt Crawls To A Close

CP | Posted 08.14.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- HALIFAX - As the annual East Coast seal hunt draws to a close, federal officials said that this season was one of the worst sinc...