Animal Cruelty, Canadian Style
From The Toronto Star, (click here to read)
Parliament fails anti-cruelty test
Update March 29, 2008
From The Vancouver Sun, (click here to read)
Critics label animal cruelty bill bogus and a sham
Update March 27, 2008
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Update March 25, 2008
From The Globe and Mail, (March 25, 2008)
Scarce Improvement for Animals (click here to read)
"The greatness of a nation, and its moral progress, can be measured by the way its animals are treated."
M. Gandhi.
On the eve of the Canadian seal slaughter, the largest annual kill of marine mammals anywhere in the world, it’s pretty clear that Canada
And not just as it pertains to the seal hunt, but around quite a few other battles going on in that country, most prominently one involving the imminent passing of an atrociously bad animal cruelty bill by Parliament, supported by both the Conservative and the Liberal parties.
How do you get a country that doesn’t care to update its 1892 animal welfare laws? How do you get Members of Parliament and Senators to listen to the voices of Canadians and animal welfare organizations who repeatedly speak up?
From the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW): “
IFAW has also released a report comparing Canada and 13 other countries on animal welfare legislation and guess what,
Bottom line: Canada
More background from IFAW: “On 14 February 2008, the House of Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights reviewed Bill S-203. Both the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Québécois
These amendments were voted against by the Conservative and the Liberal Committee members. A final vote was taken on S-203 and the NDP was the only party to vote against the Bill on behalf of the vast majority of Canadians..” It returned to the House of Commons with no changes and is expected to pass its final vote there shortly after the House reconvenes March 31.
In a few weeks time, this Bill is going to be law unless something drastic can change these circumstances.
Action Steps:
If you haven’t written your MP, click here for letter writing campaign on WSPA Canada site.
For all readers, Canadian and International, please write the Justice Minister and the Liberal Justice Critic and tell them to get serious about animal protection-and kill Bill S-203:
Rob Nicholson, Conservative Justice Minister: Nicholson.R@parl.gc.ca / 613-995-1547
Dominic LeBlanc, Liberal Justice Critic: Leblanc.D@parl.gc.ca / 613-992-1020
Rallies are being held across
Go to Canadians for Effective Animal Cruelty Legislation (click here) for more info.
Visit the Facebook page: Stop Animal Cruelty in Canada with Bill C-373 (click here)
And we call these leaders? Canada's legislators doing little on animals' behalf
IFAW
WSPA
Canadian Federation of Humane Societies
Canada places at the bottom on animal cruelty legislation
Mark Holland's private member’s bill would do a much better job (click link below)
http://www.markholland.ca/news/2008/080212%20Press%20Conference%20Animal%20Cruelty.htm
How a bill became an 8-year political football
First hour of third reading debate on S203 in the House of Commons is posted here
it is reprehensible that the laws are over a century old.
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nauseating that they will pass this law. it is only through activism that change happens and not enough Canadians are acting.. time to stop thinking everything is "nice"
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