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Mark's Blog Posts


Action: Mark started the project, One Action for Animals Canada.
I wanted to show that there are many ways to help animals, and we should share our stories.
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Sep 20


Action: Kira Launched an Animal and Environmental Law Non-Profit
In 2021, I co-launched AEL Advocacy, a legal non-profit taking an intersectional approach to animal and environmental law and advocacy....
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Sep 18


“Stamping Out” the Ostriches
https://www.columbuszoo.org/blog/snow-big-deal-how-ostriches-strut-through-winter-pros Today, I virtually attended Federal Court of...
msnyd019
Jul 17


Protecting Wildlife to Protect Earth
During the Summer of 2019, 183 prairie dogs relocated from a plot of land in Parker, Colorado (a southern suburb of Denver) slated for...
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Nov 17, 2024


Teach Children to Love Animals
I grew up in a small town in rural Pennsylvania. Agriculture was an important part of the livelihood of the people of this region,...
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Nov 17, 2024


The Lancaster Farm Sanctuary
On an immaculately maintained farm, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, lives a legion of superheroes. These superheroes are not wearing...
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Nov 17, 2024


Why Do We Exploit Animals?
Some call this seemingly random selection of which animals to love and which to eat 'speciesism' but I call it, simply, cognitive dissonance
msnyd019
Oct 28, 2024


Contradictions in the Canadian Meat and Egg Trades
The term “spent hen” is used in the meat production industry to describe a former egg-laying hen that is nearing the end of its life.
msnyd019
Oct 26, 2024


Lucy’s Place in History: Reece V. Edmonton (City), 2011 ABCA 238
The saga of Lucy the elephant includes one of the most influential legal cases related to animal law ever decided in Canada.
msnyd019
Oct 26, 2024


Darwin the IKEA Monkey, and His Place in the Evolution of Animals as Property in Canada
Nakhuda v Story Brook Farm Primate Sanctuary [1] introduced Darwin, the “IKEA monkey”, a Japanese macaque at the center of the case as...
msnyd019
Oct 26, 2024
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