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R. Brassard Ⓥ

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No one should be ashamed of not being a #Vegan... One should only be ashamed if you have seen the crimes against animals, and still you are not a #Vegan... #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare #EndVivisection #EndAnimalTesting #AnimalRescue #EndFactoryFarming

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · Oct 18

Time to change your life. Time to change the world.
#uspoli #cdnpoli #auspol #nzpol #EU #UK #Food #Health #Water #Environment #ClimateCrisis #NotOldMacDonaldsFarm #Meat #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty #AnimalRights #AnimalRescue #GoVegan #Vegan #Plantbased #Education

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Watch Dominion (2018) - full documentary - Dominion Movement - Animal rights documentary DOMINION | We Will Rise Together

Watch the 2018 Australian documentary Dominion for free.

www.dominionmovement.com

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 35m

Canada imported nearly 1,800 endangered wild-caught monkeys for research, sparking calls for a ban

#Canada 🇨🇦 #Macaques #AnimalTesting #Cdnpoli #AnimalCruelty #Wildlife #Monkeys #SkyTaxi #AnimalResearch #IUCN #CITES #Cambodia #Mauritius #AnimalRights

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

A long-tailed macaque kept for use in clinical research, at the National Primate Research Center in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2020. Nearly 1,800 wild-caught macaques from Mauritius and Cambodia were imported to Canada between 2021 and 2023.
Sakchai Lalit/The Associated Press

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2h

Beluga trainer fired by #Marineland speaks out

#NiagaraFalls #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #Belugas #AnimalCruelty #Whales #Cetaceans #Marinelife #AnimalWelfare #ONpoli #AnimalLaw #PAWSAct #AnimalRights #Wildlife

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2h

Fired #Marineland beluga trainer speaks out on dangerous conditions for animals at park 🎥

#NiagaraFalls #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #Belugas #Whales #Cetaceans #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #PAWSAct

globalnews.ca/video/114771...

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 18h

French MPs Submit Proposal Calling for the End of Caged Farming for Laying Hens in the EU

#France 🇳🇱 #EU 🇪🇺 #BatteryCages #Hens #Eggs #EndTheCageAge #FactoryFarming #Food #Chickens #AnimalLaw #AnimalWelfare #Animals #AnimalRights #Farming #AnimalAg

vegconomist.com/politics-law...

Hens in a battery cage
©Compassion in World Farming

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 22h

Might be? 🧐

#UniversityofMichigan study finds large animal farms might be a significant source of air pollution

#USA 🇺🇸 #Cows #Pigs #CAFOs #Beef #Dairy #Pollution #Air #Water #FactoryFarming #Pork #Meat #Health #HealthInsurance #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #Environment
www.wpr.org/news/michiga...

Cows are seen at a concentrated animal feeding operation in St. Croix County, Wis., on June 11, 2024. (Ben Brewer for Wisconsin Watch)

Hogs feed in a pen in a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, on the Gary Sovereign farm, in Lawler, Iowa on Oct. 31, 2018. Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

#SouthernRightWhales are having fewer calves: what this says about ocean health

#RightWhales #Marinelife #Cetaceans #Climate #GlobalWarming #Whales #Ecosystem #Australia #SouthAfrica #SouthAmerica #Wildlife #NewZealand #Oceans #MarineLife

theconversation.com/southern-rig...

Researchers observing a southern right whale mother and calf. Whale Research Unit, University of Pretoria, Author provided (no reuse)

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

Southern resident killer whales show signs of slow decline toward disappearance

Scarce food sources and pollutants from tankers are driving the decline, says researcher

#BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #Orcas
#Washington #USA 🇺🇸
#Whales #Cetaceans #Blackfish #Marinelife #Cdnpoli #USpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A whale is pictured leaping out of the ocean
An orca named J47 breaches in this Sept. 23, 2025 handout photo. A survey found the number of endangered southern resident killer whales off the coast of B.C. is plateauing and could eventually dwindle. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Two orcas are peeking out of the waves.
Orcas named J45 and L116 swim in this Jan. 23, 2025 handout photo. ( Center for Whale Research/Canadian Press

An orca named L125 breaches in this Sept. 8, 2025 handout photo. (Center for Whale Research/Canadian Press)

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

#GovernmentOfCanada + #FurFarming = 🙈🙉🙊

In Search of Numbers: The Gaps in Fur Farming Data

#StatisticsCanada #Wildlife #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #Cdnpoli #AnimalRights #BCpoli #ABpoli #SKpoli #MBpoli #ONpoli #polQc #NBpoli #NSpoli #PEIpoli #NLpoli #Canada 🇨🇦

thefurbearers.com/blog/in-sear...

Foxes, mink, and other wildlife are kept in wire-bottom cages to be killed solely for their fur on Canadian fur farms, like this one in Quebec.
Photo by WeAnimals

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

Wolves have returned to #Denmark 🇩🇰, and not everyone is happy about it

#EU 🇪🇺 #Wolves #Nature #Wildlife #Environment #IllegalHunting #Europe #AnimalWelfare #Animals #AnimalRights #AnimalAg #Livestock #Conservation

theconversation.com/wolves-have-...

The European grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus). Rudmer Zwerver/Shutterstock

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

Officials move to ban controversial meat product: 'The largest slaughter of wild land animals in the world'

#Belgium 🇧🇪 #EU 🇪🇺 #Australia 🇦🇺 #Auspol #NSW #KangarooMeat #Food #Health #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #AnimalLaw

@eurogroupforanimals.org

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

In just a day, volunteers found hundreds of #birds that crashed into GTA buildings

About 2,000 birds have died in the #GTA in the last month flying into buildings...

#Toronto #Markham #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #FLAP #BirdMigration #AnimalRescue #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #AnimalWelfare

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some municipalities in the GTA have policies in place to mitigate the risk of bird deaths, but they often leave out private property and existing buildings. (Submitted by Fatal Light Awareness Program)

Visible patterns on glass can help deter birds from windows. Reflective glass can confuse birds by reflecting surrounding greenery, causing collisions and often death. (Summitted by Fatal Light Awareness Program)

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 2d

Turkeys deserve compassion, not cruelty. If you're celebrating #Thanksgiving, please be kind—leave them off your plate 🦃🧡

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 2d

Join us at our next networking event, "Ethics in Action: Networking for Professionals Committed to Animal Protection"🤝🐾

📍192 Spadina Ave, Toronto
🗓️Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from 6:00-8:30 pm
✅ RSVP: animaljustice.ca/EthicsInAction

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

#Marineland #Belugas #NiagaraFalls #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #PAWSAct #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife #AnimalCruelty #Marinelife #AnimalLaw #Law #AnimalExploitation
#AnimalRights #Animals #CanadaEthics 🇨🇦

Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 2d

"In my opinion, Marineland is holding a figurative gun to the heads of these belugas & attempting to extort taxpayers to pay for its problem."

Animal Justice’s executive director @camillelabchuk.bsky.social shares her take on Marineland’s disturbing ultimatum in a new Toronto Life Q&A.

Marineland is threatening to euthanize 30 belugas. Can it do that? - Toronto Life

The executive director of Animal Justice weighs in

torontolife.com

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

Homes sought for northern dogs and cats coming to local #SPCA

Fourteen #dogs, 30 #cats heading south as space frees up thanks to successful adoption campaign

Link 4 pics 📸 ⬇️

#Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #AdoptDontShop #FosterVolunteers #AnimalRescue

www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/h...

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 3d

Syilx Okanagan Nation chiefs deny issuing cease and desist letter in ostrich cull controversy

#Edgewood #BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #Ostriches #AvianFlu #CFIA #Health #AnimalWelfare #UniversalOstrichFarm
#FirstNations #BCpoli #Cdnpoli #Indigenous

#FreedomConvoy #CanadianQAnon

www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Katie Pasitney, left, with her mother, Karen Espersen, co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms on Sept. 22. Pasitney has previously said a 'signatory Indian tribe' has placed the farm and its ostriches under its protection. (Aaron Hemens/The Canadian Press)

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like #Exploitation to me.

Canadian investor says Ford government ignoring proposal to redevelop #Marineland
It would include hotels, casinos,an indoor water park & a winter complex, as well as a marine mammal sanctuary.

#AnimalRights #ONpoli #Cdnpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Animal-rights groups have for years raised concerns about Marineland.
Tara Walton/The Canadian Press

Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., in June, 2023.
Chris Young/The Canadian Press

Investor Marc Wade says he hoped to work with the Ontario government on a plan for purchasing the site for an entertainment complex and wildlife sanctuary, pictured in this supplied rendering.
Supplied

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 3d

Marineland belugas deserve legal protection, not posturing and politics

#AnimalLaw #Canada 🇨🇦 #Marineland #Belugas #NiagaraFalls #Ontario #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #Law #AnimalWelfare #Animals #Wildlife #AnimalCruelty #Marinelife #PAWSAct #AnimalRights

www.law360.ca/ca/naturalre...

Photo of V. Victoria Shroff
V. Victoria Shroff

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 3d

#Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting #whales, #seals and #polarbears
...remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972...

#USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #Oceans #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife #Marinelife #AnimalRights
#Cdnpoli #UK #EU #Auspol #NZpol

apnews.com/article/seal...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

apnews.com

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 3d

#NiagaraFalls mayor stresses urgency of finding #Marineland #belugas a new home as it’s running out of food

Jim Diodati says no time to waste to relocate #whales, other #animals from closed #Ontario park

#Canada 🇨🇦 #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #Wildlife #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A drone shot of Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., in recent months shows some of the 30 surviving beluga whales. The mayor says he's heard from people around the world offering help as the defunct amusement park says it's running out of money to care for the whales. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)

A bear looks up from an enclosure at Marineland when the park was still open to the public in 2023. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 3d

#LongTailedMacaque #AnimalTesting #Wildlife #IUCNRedList #AnimalResearch #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #CharlesRiverLabs
#Cdnpoli #USpoli

Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 3d

Conservation status of the #longtailedmacaque maintained as Endangered on the IUCN Red List - despite challenge by animal research industry - due to habitat loss & high levels of exploitation, including by global trade for research & toxicity testing: www.iucnredlist.org/species/1255...

Long-tailed macaque juvenile wild-caught in Indonesia, roughly carried; Action for Primates

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 4d

30,000 Monkeys in our Backyard 🎥

A shocking true story of one small town’s fight against the U.S. monkey testing industry.

...premieres worldwide on November 1.

#Bainbridge #Georgia #USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #Monkeys #Wildlife #AnimalTesting #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

www.speciesunite.com/30000monkeys

Monkey closeup

30,000 Monkeys in our Backyard

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 4d

#VegNews

🚨BREAKING 🚨 For the first time in their history, @voguemagazine and @glamourmag will ban new animal fur in their editorial content and advertising. #furfree

vegnews.com/the-best-faux-…#EndFurFarmingn#Fashiono#Wildlifef#AnimalCrueltyt#AnimalWelfarer#AnimalRightsts

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 4d

Vegan MREs Coming to US Military Rations by 2027

#USpoli #USA 🇺🇸 #USMilitary #MREs #Food #Health #Vegan #Nutrition #Plantbased

#Cdnpoli #UK #EU #Auspol #NZpol #AnimalWelfare #AnimalLaw #AnimalRights

vegconomist.com/society/vega...

Vegan MREs Coming to US Military Rations by 2027 - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine

Mercy For Animals has played a key role in pushing for more plant-based options in military rations. A 2022 survey conducted by the group found that 81% of

vegconomist.com

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 4d

#Marineland #Ontario #NewfoundlandLabrador #Canada 🇨🇦 #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #NLpoli #AnimalRescue #Belugas #Whales #MarineSanctuary #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 4d

Will #Marineland’s whales find sanctuary in Burgeo, Newfoundland & Labrador? 🐋 The town’s mayor says with a Marine Protected Area in development off the south coast, Burgeo could be the best place for the whales Marineland has threatened to kill.

Burgeo Entertaining Possibility of Transferring Marineland’s Belugas to South Coast

The Mayor of Burgeo is offering up the possibility of transferring 30 beluga whales from Marineland in Niagara...

vocm.com

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