Camille Labchuk
@CamilleLabchuk
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Animal lawyer & executive director of @AnimalJustice. I tweet about animals, law, food, politics.
Toronto
Joined March 2009
Attendance was DOWN at the Calgary Stampede this year. I wonder if it's because people don't want to see horses and cows be abused and die in rodeo events? Stampede should go animal-free.
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The @calgarystampede rodeo is an utter embarassment. Another horse died in the chuckwagons and they just offered condolences to the family of the rider who KILLED the horse instead of expressing any sympathy for the animal. Borderline sociopathic conduct.
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An in-depth story about a 'horrifying' horse mistreatment case in Ontario. Sadly, animal neglect os SO common but largely undetectable since authorities don't proactively inspect conditions. via @ElliotLakeToday.
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Offices & other buildings are almost always too cold for women! One of my biggest daily pet peeves!.
Is office air conditioning sexist?. Many office thermostats are informed by a decades-old formula based on the metabolism of a 40-year-old man. Where does that leave women?
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Documents prove the Alberta government bowed to pressure from hunters in deciding to let them gun down more cougars. Disgusting. via @rmoutlook.
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RT @AnimalJustice: In Ontario, you don't even need a license to operate a zoo🤯. “If I wanted to open up a zoo in my backyard, fill it with….
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Did you know that anyone can open up a roadside zoo in Ontario, WITHOUT a license? Get all the details here in this great piece by @KupermanLeah.
Ontario’s lax regulations have made the province the “wild west” for exotic animals. But as public concern over animal welfare grows, some zoos are buckling under the pressure. Read my latest for @TheLocal_TO "End Times at Ontario’s Roadside Zoos?" .
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Meanwhile, we had an epic rally over the lunch break! So many people out on a brutally hot day to push back against ag gag laws.
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The government finished its argument not long ago and now a farm industry employment lobby group (intervener) is arguing. Nothing too interesting, they are pro-ag gag.
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Government lawyer Robin Basu is up first. So far the gov’s position is that whistleblowers cause disease risks and other harm—contradicted by the evidence in the case and the finding of Koehnen J in the court below.
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At the Ontario Court of Appeal today defending @AnimalJustice’s victory last year—we defeated the province’s ag gag law as unconstitutional. The province is appealing & trying hard to reinstate it. Wish us luck! Glad to have co-applicants @JessLReid & Louise Jorgensen joining.
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TODAY! We’re in the Court of Appeal tomorrow right off the government’s attempt to reinstate the ban on undercover investigations.
Ontario’s dangerous ag gag law is BACK in court, after much of it was struck down as unconstitutional last year. Today, we'll be fighting in court to defend this monumental legal victory for animals & freedom of expression! ✊🐷 #StopAgGagLaws.
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Glad to see The Animal Law Foundation tackle fake advertising - pervasive on meat packages. If you see grassy fields, the animals probably don't experience that.
We often see images of happy animals in advertisements and packaging on animal products, but that’s just not the truth…. 85% of farmed animals in the UK are reared in industrial farms and yet of those investigated, 84.09% of the websites of producers of animal products and 100%
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Join me in Vancouver next week!.
🎉 You're invited! At this event you'll get behind-the-scenes insights about our work, connect with Animal Justice executive director @CamilleLabchuk, & meet fellow change makers. 📍 BMO Theatre Centre, Vancouver.🕧 June 19, 6:00 – 8:30 pm.✅ RSVP:
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Tickets are now on sale for our 2025 Animal Law & Advocacy Conference. Come join dozens of speakers & learn how to help change law & policy for animals! Sept 26-28 in Toronto.
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Tomorrow at noon ET! @UofTLaw professor Angela Fernandez is giving a free public lecture about why animal law has become popular in recent years, with insight into the future of the field.
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Yet Loblaws still refuses to stop selling eggs from caged hens.
Canada's grocery tycoon Weston family far richer than even King Charles III.
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Well this sucks. Leaf blowers should be outlawed and it's disappointing most city councillors won't protect our city from these gas-guzzling, maddening machines.
Council takes a quick vote on the noisy matter of leaf blowers. Direction to go forward with a public education campaign instead of pursuing a ban on two-stroke engine equipment CARRIES 18-5.
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lol "some".
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