Camille Labchuk

Rodeo is so cruel and legally problematic that Alberta just passed a bill to exempt rodeo from general animal welfare laws. Tells you everything you need to know about this abusive practice. thestar.com/opinion/contri… via @torontostar

Canada banned whale & breeding captivity in 2019. These belugas were supposed to be the last generation to suffer in captivity, but they won't be. US aquariums can now breed them because Canada didn't attach any no-breeding conditions to export permits, undermining our laws.

Canada's government still hasn't come clean about the export permits for these belugas, and whether they approved their "rescue" to American aquariums that want the belugas to use as breeding stock—which is ILLEGAL in Canada. cp24.com/news/2026/07/2…

@AnneTownsend007 Of course! For almost 20 years. Animal lawyers don’t eat our clients. 😉

@CamilleLabchuk Camille, I don't see *Vegan* in your profile? You vegan?

The truth is that these large-scale, industrial operations don't care about the well-being of animals. They just care about profit. Why pay for sprinklers when insurance covers the fire, and they're back to business as usual? #CdnAg #CanadianFarmers #FamilyFarm

@4AnimalLife What a milestone! You’re an inspiration. I hope more people follow suit.

@CamilleLabchuk On Sept 18, it'll be exactly 30 years since I stopped eating animals. Had my last real burger the night before; the next day said, "never again" & never did. One of my best decisions ever. Those poor pigs. Our laws & building codes *at least* need to require sprinklers in barns.

It stuns me that we let farmers confine 20K sentient pigs inside a single factory farm—just imagine their terror at burning alive inside a miserable warehouse. Please take a look at your food choices and consider opting out of this system. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

@MicheleMcDFox @BobcatRosie The worst in the western world :(

@BobcatRosie @CamilleLabchuk Sadly, Canada has terrible animal welfare/rights legislation.

@PeterBi11047025 Wow, is he the owner of the farm that burned?

@CamilleLabchuk Van Boekel Farm scumbag owner should be in jail

This week 20,000 pigs burned to death in a factory farm fire in Ontario. They haven't let photographers inside. But here's what another pig factory farm looked like after it burned. It's hard to imagine the suffering of these intelligent, sensitive animals — trapped, without any means of escape or hope of help, as the flames engulfed them. It's harder to imagine the greed of an industry too cheap to even install sprinkler systems.

@Lewis_Bollard Wow, that photo is such a gut punch. Can't even conceive of what it would be like to burn alive inside a gestation or farrowing crate 🥺

@andrea_polanco_ It's utterly heartbreaking.

@CamilleLabchuk I can't even imagine the pain they went through, absolutely horrifying what we do to other animals

@StantonArch1967 That's amazing! Meeting the animals who are treated so horribly in farming can be really powerful and life-changing.

@CamilleLabchuk I visited a farm in 2011. Got to rub pigs bellies. Never ate it again, instantly gave it up. They're amazing creatures. No pigs since 2011. No cows since 1999.

@jayme_b Grateful to you for making that choice!

@CamilleLabchuk I did over 32 years ago. I still cant wrap my head around it. But people are selfish and think of themselves as higher species when the reality is they are just another biological organism like the rest of living things 🙄

@joshbalk Just depraved behaviour to care so little about lives that aren't their own.

@CamilleLabchuk Horrible. And the industrial pork sector has opposed legislation that would require sprinkler systems.

Reptile expos treat snakes, lizards, and other sensitive little beings like commodities, often stuffing them inside reused takeout containers. They shouldn't be allowed and these animals are NOT appropriate pets.

“If the whales are bred by U.S. aquariums, Canada’s goal of ending whale captivity will be severely undermined as the offspring of the Marineland whales will be made to suffer the same miserable fate of their parents.” — @CamilleLabchuk, executive director of Animal Justice #Marineland #OnPoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ha…

Trophy hunting is absolutely vile and honestly just a pretty twisted, anti-social, extremist thing to do. Imagine seeing an incredible creature like a cougar and thinking you have the right to take their life, for kicks. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

I'm disappointed that the federal government hasn't yet committed to making sure the Marineland belugas won't be bred in the US and Spain. Their own policy says exports won't be approved for breeding!