Animal Justice Files Animal Cruelty Complaint Over University of Calgary Research Lab
CALGARY – National animal law non-profit Animal Justice has filed a complaint with the Calgary Humane Society over shocking animal cruelty alleged to have occurred at a University of Calgary psychology research laboratory.
According to a news report, multiple former students have come forward to blow the whistle on disturbing experiments conducted in an addiction research laboratory supervised by assistant professor Devran Lovic. The whistleblowers allege that rats were improperly anesthetized, causing multiple rats to wake up during surgery. On at least one occasion, researchers allegedly continued to perform surgery on a conscious rat, restraining the distressed animal with a surgical pad while his back and neck were cut open.
Lovic has been on leave since December 2017, and the University apparently shut down his laboratory in March.
“Slicing open live, conscious rats is a clear violation of both federal and provincial animal cruelty laws, and t…
Animal Justice Seeks to Intervene in Legal Challenge to Ontario Animal Protection Laws
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PERTH, Ontario—National animal law non-profit Animal Justice will ask an Ontario court tomorrow for permission to intervene in a lawsuit that attempts to strike down key aspects of provincial animal welfare laws.
Where: Superior Court of Justice, 43 Drummond Street East, Perth, Ontario When: Friday, April 20th, 10 am Who: Animal Justice, represented by executive director Camille Labchuk
The case, Bogaerts v. Attorney General of Ontario, is a constitutional challenge to Ontario’s provincial animal welfare legislation and its enforcement. Specifically, the applicant is asking the court to rule that:
granting police powers to the Ontario SPCA, a private charity, violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms because the Ontario SPCA is not subject to transparency, oversight, and accountability measures that apply to other law enforcement agencies; search and seizure powers used to protect animals and investigate animal welfare offenc…