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Tag Archives: Animal Testing

Beagle S.O.S.

This is awful. By now most of us have seen the horrific footage aired by W5 last year of animals being experimented on and abused by employees of ITR Labs, a contract biotechnology research company located out in Baie-d’Urfé. The images are heart wrenching to say the least. Employees not only restraining animals and applying toxic substances to their skin …

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Laval University has ended the use of live piglets in its training of pediatrics residents

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine—a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit of 12,000 doctors—received confirmation yesterday that Université Laval has ended the use of live animals in its pediatrics residency program. With that decision, there are now no known pediatrics residency programs in Canada or the United States that use animals; all such programs exclusively use human-relevant training methods. According to a …

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West Island Residents To Confront Employees Of Dog-torture Lab

Baie D’Urfe, QC, May 24/18–About 100 people, many of them Montreal West Island residents, are expected to confront employees leaving notorious International Toxicology Research (ITR) Labs on Friday, May 25, in the wake of undercover animal-abuse videos now going viral on Facebook. The videos, portraying dogs being poisoned and tormented inside ITR to allegedly test the toxicity of pesticides, industrial …

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This World Animal Day, learn what you can do to #BeCrueltyFree!

  We all love animals, but many of us have most likely not considered the impact we have on them by way of our everyday choices. For example, did you know that many of the animals we keep as pets are also used to test cosmetics, like shampoo and cream? It’s hard to imagine our beloved companions suffering in laboratories …

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How to have a cruelty-free Christmas

With the first snowfall of the year comes the rush of Christmas cheer. And as winter takes hold, we seek out seasonally-appropriate comforts, like a hot cup of cocoa, or the scent of a freshly-cut Christmas tree as dogs sleep by the fire. The holidays are also a time of anxiety for some – namely, what gifts to get for …

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Intro : New blogger in town

Lo and behold my very first blog article with Montreal Dog Blog!  I want to thank the team for inviting me to blog about the benefits of caring for animals professionally. I hope you will enjoy the topics. Feel free to comment and suggest so we can all learn from each other. I’m not a writer, but I love writing …

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#BeCrueltyFree Canada’s #DayofAction is Here!

At this very moment in laboratories across the country, animals are suffering through painful toxicity tests for chemicals that could very well wind up in the cosmetics you or I use every day. Terrified rabbits, mice, rats and guinea pigs routinely have chemical substances forced down their throat, dripped into their eyes, or smeared onto their skin, then left to …

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That time H&M Canada Teamed Up with Us to Support an End to Cosmetics Animal Testing

It feels like just yesterday I was thrown into the deep end of the pool, facing the daunting challenge of developing a national campaign to end cosmetics animal testing in Canada. It was… intimidating. But I was amazed at how quickly things came together, including the support of tens of thousands of Canadians who also want an end to cruelty …

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Can You Keep Your #BeCrueltyFree New Year’s Resolution? We’re Here to Help!

It’s that time of year again: the air is cold, winter seems like it will never come to an end, and we inevitably struggle to hold on to the resolutions we so joyously toasted to, while silently promising ourselves, “this year it’s going to stick”. The good news is, you’re not alone. This happens to the best of us, which …

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Did You Hear? Canada Joins the #BeCrueltyFree Movement with a Senate Bill to Ban Cosmetics Animal Testing!

Animal lovers, Canadians, lend me your ear: I am thrilled to announce the launch of The Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act to ban cosmetics animal testing! On June 18, Senator Carolyn Stewart Olsen launched a Senate Bill to Ban Cosmetics Animal Testing and Trade in Canada. The introduction of the Senate Bill follows intensive #BeCrueltyFree Canada campaigning, during which time we’ve worked …

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