Each winter season we are reminded about the hard lives many of Canadian animals face over the cold months in this country. Many of them are preparing even now for the sparse months, fattening up on all the food they can find. Some will hibernate, but all will face the rain and snow the same …
Light a light on the Christmas Tree for the Animals! Read More »
The Living With Wildlife 2014 conference was a resounding success! Nearly 100 guests and speakers arrived at the Holiday Inn Carlton in Toronto on October 17 for a day of seminars, education and networking. Topics of the day covered everything from animal laws to rehabilitation of bears, and municipal wildlife strategies to living with coyotes. …
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The Living With Wildlife 2014 conference was a resounding success! Nearly 100 guests and speakers arrived at the Holiday Inn Carlton in Toronto on October 17 for a day of seminars, education and networking. Topics of the day covered everything from animal laws to rehabilitation of bears, and municipal wildlife strategies to living with coyotes. …
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The Living With Wildlife 2014 conference was a resounding success! Nearly 100 guests and speakers arrived at the Holiday Inn Carlton in Toronto on October 17 for a day of seminars, education and networking. The annual event was made possible through the support of our fabulous members and sponsors, including: AAA Gates' Wildlife Control Field …
An unusual story out of Russia is quickly becoming the poster child for cognitive dissonance in regards to the fur industry. The brief story, as depicted in the New York Post, is that a woman, Natalia Gaintseva, went to a Russian fur farm to pick out a fox that would become her coat. This was …
Woman picks fox for coat, ends up getting fox as pet Read More »
The first round of fur-free campus outreach for 2014 in Ottawa was a wonderful success! Our friend Tyler Jamieson, co-organizerShannon Milling, and their community partners were on campus at University of Ottawa on October 18, talking with hundreds of students and handing out campaign information from The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals. This …
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The coyote bounty program in Nova Scotia started its 2014 season last week. And already, there’s been an unintended victim. A Kings County resident was walking her dog, Fletcher, last week. Fletcher, who was under control and close to his owner, stepped into a leg-hold trap. The trap itself was on the edge of the …
Days into coyote cull, dog caught in leg-hold trap in Nova Scotia Read More »
How you feel about raccoons can often come down to where you live and whether or not your garbage gets tipped over. But for a Saskatchewan couple, it’s gone a bit further. According to The Huffington Post, Wendy Hook and her husband Ron want the City of Saskatoon to grant them a license so they …
It’s a beautiful day in Fort Langely, British Columbia. Residents whose homes surround a local trail and creek had expressed concerns to the municipality over the possibility of the trail flooding due to beaver activity. And what made this beautiful is that Fort Langely contacted APFA to help out. Our team, including wonderful volunteers from …
Fort Langely chooses to protect beavers with flow device Read More »
This blog was written by Andrew Gage, staff lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law, and reposted with permission. We believe that BC’s incorporated societies – community development organizations, church groups, secular groups, community organizations, hunting groups, and, yes, environmental organizations such as West Coast Environmental Law Association – collectively make for a stronger British Columbia. …
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We can barely believe it’s been a full year since this project first started. In that year we’ve had dozens of interviews with internationally-recognized scientists and advocates. We’re heard one-on-one interviews with those who have witnessed tragedy and those who have stopped cruelty. We’ve worked with great people: psychologist and beaver believer Dr. Heidi Perryman, …
Our friends at the European-based Fur Free Alliance happily announced this week that prices of mink have dropped approximately 40 and 55 per cent respectively at Finland and Denmark’s top auction houses. The fur industry continues to point to a warm winter in China – the world’s largest purchaser of fur – as the reason …
A northern Ontario community is hoping relocation of bears could become a local standard once again, after two cubs were killed simply for being without their mother. According to The Atikokan Progress, the two juvenile bears were lost in town, and without their mother were unable to find their way out. Two other bears, both …
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Examining animal emotions has been Dr. Marc Bekoff’s career as a professor and author. But in his latest book, he takes on a new mission: saving the world. It may be a bit hyperbolic, but Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence takes all of Dr. Bekoff’s lessons to a new height. “And …
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It’s been a long week for us at APFA – the celebration we were having over the RCMP’s decision to ditch their muskrat fur hats for their regular cold weather uniform was brought to an abrupt halt. The Conservative government stated they would overturn the decision in order to protect the fur industry. You’ll hear …
We’ve been debating and talking about the fur industry and trapping a great deal in recent days – ever since the Conservative government made an out-of-the-blue decision to interfere with RCMP uniform protocols. Here are some of the important facts that you’re not being told by the government or the fur industry. Economics 200,000 – …
Breaking down the fur lobby’s arguments in RCMP case Read More »
Any member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who does not want to wear the fur hat being forced upon them by the Conservative Party of Canada has a new best friend: Camille Labchuk. The Toronto-area lawyer, who specializes in animal welfare law and criminal defense, has made public an offer to every single RCMP …
Toronto lawyer offers free representation to Mounties forced to wear fur Read More »
Yesterday the House of Commons became the House of Lies. You all know what happened: the RCMP announced to us that they would stop using fur in their hats for regular cold-weather conditions, a smart, environmentally-sound and scientifically-founded decision. Then, in pandering to the fur lobby, the Minister of Environment Leona Aglukkaq said that the …
House of Lies: Conservative Party bandies untruths about trapping economy Read More »
It’s hard to write this, our hands are shaking so much. Shortly after we announced our victory with the RCMP phasing out the use of muskrat-fur hats in regular cold weather conditions, the government announced they would force a reversal on the decision. We are in shock and we are disgusted. The RCMP made a …
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It took a few days and a whole lot of voices, but it worked: the Gap has stopped selling fur products. According to The Dodo, the Gap’s brand Piperlime, featured fur. But over 50,000 signatures on a petition – and a lot of social media attention – drove the Gap to release the following statement: …
Animal lovers are all aware that bears are out and about, looking to fatten up for the coming winter months. But in Castlegar, a community west of Nelson, BC, the lessons of being bear wise seem to have fallen off the radar of residents. As reported in the Castlegar News, WildSafeBC Coordinator Jenny Wallace is …
‘Never seen so much garbage left out’ says WildSafeBC coordinator Read More »
It’s hard to believe that a Canadian company would stoop so low. We were informed this week by two supporters that The Shopping Channel’s website was now host to several real fur products – ranging from trims to collars to boots. But what disgusts us is the response that one supporter received after making a …
Boycott The Shopping Channel until they pull real fur products Read More »
Celebrate World Animal Day in Calgary with Pages at the Plaza on October 4, 2014. From 11 am to 2 pm, special guest speakers Dr. Olivier Berreville (Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Food Animals (CETFA)), Else Poulson (author of Barle’s Story) and Animal Defenders International will discuss their causes with the public. Included in the …
It’s barely believable, but it’s true: after decades of campaigning, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have announced their decision to replace muskrat fur hats from their standard cold-weather uniforms. Since the 1970s, under the leadership of George and Bunty Clements, APFA has rallied against the RCMP for their use of inherently inhumane fur in their …
VICTORY AT LAST: RCMP drops muskrat fur hat from uniform Read More »
