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Yesterday, Animal Justice\u2019s government and legislative affairs counsel, Pierre Sadik, testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee asking lawmakers to reject a proposed ag gag law\u2014Bill C-275. This harmful legislation is designed to cover up animal cruelty on Canadian farms, targeting compassionate citizens with massive fines if they expose cruel conditions for countless cows, pigs, and chickens who are hidden behind closed barn doors.<\/p>\n
In Canada, most farmed animals are confined in cruel factory farms. These farms resemble dark, windowless warehouses where animals are tightly packed together in filthy conditions, often in tiny cages.<\/p>\n
This ag gag<\/a> bill is dangerously close to becoming law. It has already passed through the House of Commons and completed its first and second reading in the Senate. Animal Justice\u2019s testimony was part of the Senate committee\u2019s study of the bill , where witnesses provide evidence\u00a0 and possible amendments are considered. Animal Justice was also present to testify<\/a> when the bill was being studied in the House of Commons\u2014speaking up forcefully against this dangerous proposed law.<\/p>\n