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Camille Labchuk

@camillelabchuk.bsky.social
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Animal rights lawyer and executive director of Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social. Posts about animals, law, farming, food, and politics. Toronto 🇨🇦

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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Agricultural exceptionalism on display. Animal farming / slaughter gets a free pass from so many laws - workplace health and safety rules, animal cruelty laws, environmental protections. Everything, really. This powerful industry exempts itself and regulators are just along for the ride.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quebec dairy farmers are running misleading ads that suggest cows get to live in pastures. In reality, over 70% of Quebec dairy cows spend their lives chained by the neck inside stalls in barns. I'm glad Le Soleil covered this troubling ad campaign. www.lesoleil.com/actualites/a...
lesoleil.com
Une pub du lait trop belle pour être vraie?
Qui croirait que des vaches tachetées noir et blanc se prélassant dans un pré se fassent traiter de propos mensongers?
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us for this workshop in Toronto on Friday - only $20! www.alaconference.ca
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Privatizing airports will make air travel more expensive. This is VERY basic math. Companies aim to extract profit for shareholders and will force us to pay more. In a country where airlines already engage in monopolistic gouging, the last thing we need is privatized airports.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If rodeo cowboys smack animals when TV cameras are present, just imagine the animal abuse that happens on the ranch when no one is watching. #CalgaryStampede
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A rodeo participant repeatedly smacked a fallen horse in the head at the Calgary Stampede rodeo, and now authorities are investigating after we filed a complaint. These clowns know people are watching yet STILL engage in abusive misconduct toward animals. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
ctvnews.ca
Calgary Humane Society investigating handling of Stampede horse
The Calgary Humane Society is investigating after video showing the handling of a horse before a rodeo event at the Calgary Stampede prompted a complaint from an animal advocacy group.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Anyone working in political advocacy would agree. For the first time, the Senate became a useful chamber where important legislation could be introduced, seriously debated, and ultimately pass into law. Updates to Canada's 100-year old animal welfare laws wouldn't have happened without senators.
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
patronage nepo appointments to the senate? we’re so back baby!!!!
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm on Canadaland this week, talking about what the government & farms are trying to hide by outlawing undercover investigations at animal farms. (Spoiler: They're trying to stop the videos of sick, sad, and caged animals—regularly kicked and beaten by farmers.)
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What kind of weird joke is this? Fundraising to pay for government facilities? It's called "paying taxes".
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Skaana podcast @skaana.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Our interview with the awesome @camillelabchuk.bsky.social from @animal-justice.bsky.social is finally online! On captive belugas, sanctuaries, sketchy senators and fighting the good fight 🐳 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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Camille Labchuk on Animal Rights and Wrongs
Podcast Episode · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young · May 15 · 40m
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I'm thrilled that @animal-justice.bsky.social just won the prestigious 2026 Lush Prize, for our work with two whistleblowers to expose (and close down!) a secret dog testing lab at St. Joseph's Hospital. This led to new laws banning cat & dog research in Ontario! lushprize.org/2026-prize/2...
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Great piece: Poilievre serves up bull about beef on Rogan  www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/13/o...
nationalobserver.com
Poilievre serves up bull about beef on Rogan
Promoting beef and rejecting plant-based proteins and seed oils, subtly communicate alignment with broader anti-regulatory, anti-environmental and anti-animal rights positions, while often appearing t...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying
Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Follow along for a day in my life as an animal rights lawyer!
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Or they could have just let this beautiful fish live. Ice fishing has always struck me as so cruel. The fishes don’t even get one season where they aren’t being terrorized by trophy hunting (which is what this is).
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
“Millions of taxpayers’ dollars were poured down the drain, wasted to massacre these sensitive, intelligent animals who, by that point, were entirely healthy." — @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, executive director of Animal Justice #BCostrichfarm
theprogress.com
‘Millions wasted killing healthy B.C. ostriches:’ Animal Justice - Chilliwack Progress
Agency says taxpayers’ money wasted, could have been used to fund disease prevention, support animal sanctuaries
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Today we learned the feds spent $6.8M to kill the ostriches. This includes $2.3M in staff time & $1.3M to lawyers. To kill HEALTHY birds. Imagine how many animals could have been helped if the feds simply gave this cash to farmed animal sanctuaries. www.ourcommons.ca/written-ques...
ourcommons.ca
Q-716 (45-1) - Written Questions - House of Commons of Canada
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We're hiring a Legislative Affairs Manager at @animal-justice.bsky.social! This is a perfect job for someone with experience in politics or government. Come help us pass new laws to protect animals. No law degree required, ideally living in Ottawa or Toronto. animaljustice.ca/blog/job-pos...
animaljustice.ca
Job Posting: Legislative Affairs Manager
We seek an enthusiastic and driven Legislative Affairs Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will be passionate about enhancing legal protections for animals, and will be responsible for assis...
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Unsubscribe from marketing emails. Trust me - it will make your life better!
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Some jerk shot a deer with an arrow in Toronto. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Deer shot dead by arrow in Toronto cemetery | CBC News
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources is seeking the public’s help to track down the person who killed a deer in a Toronto cemetery.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I was up early to join David Common on CBC's Metro Morning! We talked about Ontario's move to ban cosmetic surgeries on pets like cat declawing, ear cropping, and debarking. Good news, but slicing off dogs' tails should also be banned. Have your say: www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/proposal/52973
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 26/12/2025
Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda #Opinion by @lindamcquaig.bsky.social
thestar.com
Linda McQuaig: Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda
Canadians want tougher regulations to stop cruelty to animals on factory farms, yet no major political party ever picks up this issue in earnest.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
We are so close to the Star Trek promise of a universal translator!
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I'm grateful to @lindamcquaig.bsky.social for reminding us of the animals that many forget. Factory farms are almost completely unregulated in Canada and are free to abuse animals in horrible ways. In 2026, let's change this. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Linda McQuaig: Canadians care, yet this issue never makes it onto the political agenda
Canadians want tougher regulations to stop cruelty to animals on factory farms, yet no major political party ever picks up this issue in earnest.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
“The province has very extensive authority under the PAWS Act to go in & care for the whales in the short term & protect them from being euthanized by Marineland.” — @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, executive director of Animal Justice #OnPoli
nationalmagazine.ca
Animal lawyers call on Ontario to protect Marineland’s belugas
The PAWS Act gives the provincial government power to intervene and ensure the 30 captive whales aren’t euthanized
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
After decades of profiting from cruelty, Marineland is threatening to kill its 30 remaining whales 💔 It's time for Ontario to step in to protect the whales & send Marineland the bill! @camillelabchuk.bsky.social: “Marineland has a moral obligation to fund the future care of these animals.” ⬇️
theguardian.com
Marine park threatens to euthanize 30 whales if Canada does not provide funding
Marineland’s warning comes after Canadian official blocked the transfer of the beluga whales to a theme park in China
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
NEW op-ed from our ED @camillelabchuk.bsky.social: St. Joseph’s Hospital is ending dog experiments after our exposé. Premier Doug Ford has promised new laws to ban dog & cat experiments—but we also need federal leadership & funding for #CrueltyFree alternatives.
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Closing St. Joseph’s dog lab is a victory — but it’s just the beginning
Ontario must pass new laws, and the federal government should fund the alternatives we need. It’s time for Canada to join the growing list of countries moving beyond animal experiments altogether.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Only a few days left! Early bird pricing for Animal Justice's Animal Law & Advocacy Conference ends Friday. Register now & save 💸🎟️
alaconference.ca
Animal Law & Advocacy Conference 2025 | Animal Justice
Join us at the Animal Law & Advocacy Conference September 26-28, 2025 at Toronto Metropolitan University. Presented by Animal Justice.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
“It is 2025, but these completely preventable killings continue to happen. It’s absurd that Stampede organizers permit this brutal spectacle to continue where horses are doomed to die nearly every year.” — @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, ED at Animal Justice
ctvnews.ca
Horse euthanized following Saturday chuckwagon races at Calgary Stampede
An injured horse was euthanized following the chuckwagon races Saturday night at the Calgary Stampede.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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 dangerous, exotic animals who don’t do well in captivity… I would be perfectly able to do that." — @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, Animal Justice ED
thelocal.to
End Times at Ontario’s Roadside Zoos? | The Local
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.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Today @animal-justice.bsky.social is at the Ontario Court of Appeal defending our victory over the province’s ag gag law. The government is trying desperately to reinstate their ban on undercover videos from farms. Wish us luck! @jesslsr.bsky.social
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Free at last! Animal Justice’s executive director, @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, recently took part in a groundbreaking moment as The Beagle Alliance facilitated the release of 2 beagles from a Canadian research lab. Now, for the first time, they’re experiencing freedom 🐾💙
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Today Sen. Don Plett turns 75 & retires—ending a decade of Senate obstruction for animal bills. He nearly killed Canada's whale & dolphin captivity ban. He DID kill the live horse export ban by running out the clock. Same for ape/elephant captivity. #DonPlettLiberationDay
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
An Ontario farmer lied about 45,000 stolen chicks, raising disturbing questions about what really happened to them 💔 “You can’t easily kill that many chickens, & you can’t do it humanely en mass like that.” - @camillelabchuk.bsky.social, executive director of Animal Justice.
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An Ontario farmer reported 45,000 baby chicks stolen two years ago. Now police have charged him with fraud and mischief
Police said they don’t know where the chicks are but believe they were “disposed of.”
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
BREAKING: 100+ baby cows are suffering in isolation in tiny hutches at an Ontario dairy farm—denied physical contact with each other or access to outdoor space. Animal Justice has filed a complaint urging authorities to investigate 🐮⚠️ ACT NOW: animaljustice.ca/calfhutches
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Today @animal-justice.bsky.social co-hosted a national election debate on animal issues. Liberal @beynate.bsky.social, NDP @alistairmacgregor.bsky.social, Green @elizabethemay.bsky.social, & Bloc Yves Perron. And over 500 people watching live!
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🚨 Horrific new footage exposes horse abuse on Icelandic blood farms. Pregnant mares are restrained & have their blood drained to obtain PMSG—a hormone used by factory pig farms to increase birth rates. Urge Canada to ban the use of PMSG ➡️ animaljustice.ca/BloodFarms
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
We tried warning the Ontario government about online pet sales last year when they were passing the PUPS Act. I testified about the risks of unlicensed puppy mills selling dogs for cheap on Kijiji. Will this brutal case of torture finally lead to action?
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Police have laid cruelty charges against a man for allegedly mutilating & killing puppies from Kijiji. We warned the Ontario government last year that online pet sales leave animals vulnerable to abuse, but they refused to act. Will they act now? www.thestar.com/news/mississ...
thestar.com
Mississauga man charged after police say dogs were ‘badly mutilated’
Many young puppies were found discarded, Peel police said, alleging the man abused the dogs after buying them from online marketplaces like Kijiji.
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Marina Bolotnikova @mbolotnikova.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The fun thing abt my job is sometimes I have no idea what will be plopped onto my agenda—which is to say, I got roped into writing about the new wolves. They're neither dire wolves nor "de-extincted," & they have more to do w/ enacting human fantasies than helping animals www.vox.com/future-perfe...
vox.com
These fluffy white wolves explain everything wrong with bringing back extinct animals
Don’t buy the hype about “de-extinction.”
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
🐾 The law can change the world for animals—and so can you. We're hiring a Staff Lawyer to fight for farmed animals at @animal-justice.bsky.social. 🔥 If you've got 2+ years' legal experience and a passion for animals, apply now: animaljustice.ca/blog/join-ou...
animaljustice.ca
Join Our Team! Hiring: Staff Lawyer
The ideal candidate will be passionate about enhancing legal protections for animals, and will be responsible for assisting in implementing Animal Justice’s law reform campaigns and litigation.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
“Wong-Tanamo Bay”: This is an astonishing story of guards blatantly torturing people under their care—people who had done nothing wrong. Every single guard involved in this abuse should lose their job, as well as their bosses. www.thestar.com/podcasts/thi...
thestar.com
‘Torturing us as payback’: How Ontario jail guards exacted a violent, hours-long revenge against inmates
Ontario government lawyers have been trying to prevent the public from seeing the videos that show jail guards carrying out coordinated, collective punishment
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A holographic zoo is coming to Niagara! This is so cool, especially for a region plagued by Marineland's decades-long reputation for animal abuse. A great way to turn the corner and help people experience the magic of animals in a non-exploitation format. www.wjbf.com/business/pre...
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Ontario's First Hologram Zoo: World Class Tourist Attraction Coming to Niagara Falls This Summer
A holographic crocodile from the Australia experience at the Hologram Zoo Holographic Entertainment Theme Park Set to Provide Additional Entertainment Options in the Region and Help Boost Local Econom...
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Lesli Bisgould @bisgould.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
What sort of miserable soul derives pleasure from destroying a fellow creature’s life? Is it any surprise the earth is trying to spit us out?
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Marineland is slowly being demolished. Meanwhile, we're pretty sure they're trying to sell of the 30ish surviving belugas to an aquarium in China. Marineland's lawyer Andrew Burns (previously charged with breaking lobbying laws) has re-registered to lobby the feds, presumably for export permits.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
What happens after a barn of chickens is infected with bird flu? We pored over thousands of pages of gov't docs to find out, and the truth is shocking. Birds killed off by improper gassing, neck crushing, and other brutal killing methods. animaljustice.ca/exposes/cana...
animaljustice.ca
Here's How the Canadian Government Kills Millions of Birds In Response to Avian Flu
Thousands of pages of government documents reveal a brutal and sloppy mass killing operation.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Canada’s response to avian flu was a disaster—& innocent birds suffered the consequences. Government docs reveal most chickens were killed in makeshift gas chambers, while others had their necks snapped 💔 #AvianFlu
animaljustice.ca
Here's How the Canadian Government Kills Millions of Birds In Response to Avian Flu
Thousands of pages of government documents reveal a brutal and sloppy mass killing operation.
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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Every year, Canada ships thousands of horses to Japan for slaughter. But what does this journey look like—from barren feedlots to 28+ hours of suffering without food, water, or rest until they reach quarantine overseas? Here’s what the industry doesn’t want you to know ⤵️
animaljustice.ca
Live Horse Exports for Slaughter
The Canadian government promised to end this practice, but horses are still enduring long and deadly journeys overseas.
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Camille Labchuk @camillelabchuk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Do insects feel pain? The implications are enormous and uncomfortable (we farm them and spray them to death), but it's hard to ignore the growing evidence that they could. www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
newyorker.com
Do Insects Feel Pain?
Insects make up about forty per cent of living species, and we tend to kill them without pause. New research explores the possibility that they are sentient.
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