On a bitter -20°C morning, dozens of dogs were loaded onto an open-sided semi trailer in Calgary, Alberta. They were destined for Toronto, Ontario – a 36 hour journey without any stops for rest, food or water. Completely exposed to the elements and the extreme wind chill of -40°C, many dogs developed severe frostbite. Dogs […]
Author: Factory Farm Collective
The Coronavirus is Humanity’s Final Warning: We Need to Treat Animals Better
Our civilization is on a precipice and we have only ourselves to blame. As the coronavirus sweeps the globe, closes our borders, destroys our economies and livelihoods, and kills our most vulnerable, we need to come to terms with our reality: zoonotic diseases are borne of and exacerbated by the consequences of our dominant attitudes […]
What are “Dairy Educators” and what are they doing inside Ontario classrooms?
Canada’s new Food Guide was released in January 2019, much to the displeasure of the dairy industry. For as long as the Food Guide existed, milk and dairy were featured prominently as an essential food group. But when dairy was dropped as its own food group, the dairy industry was furious. The Dairy Farmers of […]
Industry in the Classroom: How Big Meat and Dairy Influence the Curriculum in Canadian Schools
The following tweet was sent out by the Saskatchewan chapter of Agriculture in the Classroom and became the starting point for this piece. The language used in this tweet conceptualizes a specific view of how animals should be viewed by children. Stating that there are “uses” for “the pig” reduces a sentient animal to a […]
Does Factory Farming Exist in Canada? Here’s what the data says.
On December 11, 2019, Ontario MPP Goldie Ghamari spoke in the Ontario Legislature to provide support for Bill 156, Ontario’s new Ag-Gag bill: Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act. Bill 156 aims to hide animal cruelty by increasing trespassing fines for people exposing animal abuse on farms, creating “animal protection zones,” and silencing […]
State-Sanctioned Cruelty: How Canadian Laws Authorize Abuse Towards Animals
Most people will agree that cruelty to animals is morally wrong. This sensibility exists across the political spectrum – from people on the left to people on the right, and from vegans to meat-eaters alike. The idea that animal cruelty is morally wrong is such a deeply held conviction that governments have animal-specific legislation that […]
The Scope of Slaughter in Canada
Despite the increased rates of Canadians eliminating meat from their diets, more animals are being killed than ever before. Statistics Canada publishes the number of animals slaughtered in Canada on an annual basis. Year after year, more animals are being killed in Canadian slaughterhouses. To get a sense of the scope of how many animals […]
Alberta’s Assault on Animals
On September 2, 2019, activists entered a turkey farm at Jumbo Valley Hutterite Colony in southern Alberta to expose the conditions that farmed animals live under. One month later, on October 3, Alberta’s Premier Jason Kenney went back to that same turkey farm for an official government announcement. Flanked by the Minister of Agriculture and […]