One way you can help animals from home is by signing and sharing petitions. Here are some active Canadian campaigns.
- Ban Live Horse Exports for Slaughter
- Ban Foie Gras in Toronto
- End Animal Testing Campaigns & Actions
Ban Live Horse Exports for Slaughter
“Every year, thousands of Canadian horses are tightly packed into wooden crates so they can be flown to Japan, slaughtered, and eaten as a raw delicacy.
“Though the government committed to banning this practice back in 2021, the flights still continue and the industry is booming. Horses are denied food, water, rest, as well as adequate space on long, gruelling flights. This causes the animals significant distress and puts them at risk of being injured, collapsing, and even dying as a result of transit.
“Join us in urging the Canadian government to ban live horse exports for slaughter once and for all!”
Sign the Animal Justice Petition.
Ban Foie Gras in Toronto
Restaurants and fine grocers are still selling foie gras.
This is a food product that relies on gavage (force-feeding), a process where ducks or geese are fed controlled amounts of high-starch grain via a tube twice or three times daily for a period of roughly 12 to 21 days. This process causes the bird’s liver to experience hepatic lipidosis, swelling to several times its normal size to create a rich, fatty texture. The geese are then slaughtered and the liver is used in pate.
Sign the petition to ban foie gras in Toronto.
End Animal Testing Campaigns & Actions
Animal testing is both cruel and ineffective. It is bad science.
The campaigns and actions below are to help end animal testing in Ontario and support federal advocacy efforts, as well as links to the Marshall Acres campaign in the USA.
York University Campaigns (The Primate Lab)
Learn More: Visit the Last Chance for Animals website at Stop York Primate Research.
Lobby University Administrators: Use the Last Chance for Animals automated portal to email York leadership directly.
Sign the Petition: Demand the release of the primates via the York University Macaque Petition Page.
Lobby the Provincial Government: Demand that Premier Doug Ford extend Bill 75 protections to primates by completing the form on the Animal Alliance End Primate Research In Ontario page.
Nucro-Technics Campaigns (The Scarborough Lab)
Released 12/19/2025 – A newly released undercover investigation by LCA exposes the suffering of dogs inside Nucro-Technics, a toxicology animal research laboratory in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Sign the “Ark of Animals” Petition: Support the Save Response Team’s mandate to release laboratory species to accredited sanctuaries via the Change.org Nucro-Technics Release Petition.
Petition: Join the regional call to eradicate chemical and toxicological protocols at the facility via the Change.org Stop Testing at Nucro-Technics Scarborough.
St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, Ontario
Connect with the London Action Hub: While the canine research project has concluded, you can join the ongoing mobilization against remaining rodent and pig testing protocols inside the Release the Dogs Facebook Group.
Federal Advocacy
Email the Federal Government: Back a binding national framework to phase out chemical testing across Canada completely by signing the Animal Justice Petition.