Toothless and Carlos, the two reef sharks held in aquarium stores in Ontario that we worked tirelessly to help, are both now gone. So are Peekachu and Rain, two belugas recently transferred from Marineland. The animals were different; the facilities were different, but underneath all four deaths sits the same problem, captivity. Toothless and Carlos Toothless, the whitetip reef shark who inspired our campaign, spent about a decade alone in an eight-foot tank at Big Al's Aquar

On June 3, 2026, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling that struck down many parts of the Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act (STPFSA). In Animal Justice v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2026 ONCA 380, the Court decided that the Act and its regulation are constitutional, restoring the restrictions on undercover investigations at farms and slaughterhouses. A Brief History The Ontario government passed the STPFSA in 2020. It made it an offe

A recent nine-month undercover investigation conducted by Last Chance for Animals (LCA) has exposed the cruel treatment of nine rhesus macaques: Bento, Kenny, Magneto, Do, Hannah, Liesl, Mini-Sass, Olivia, and Virginia who are being used in neuroscience research at York University in Toronto. This is one of the first undercover investigations done by an animal rights group into animal research at a Canadian university and it revealed prolonged suffering, isolation, and contro

Today, Toothl ess finally began his journey to a better life. Toothless is a 9-10 year old whitetip reef shark who spent most of his life confined alone in a small tank at an aquarium store in Ottawa. In 2024, AEL Advocacy launched a campaign to save Toothless after becoming deeply concerned about his welfare. Those concerns led to a formal complaint filed with Provincial Animal Welfare Services, citing potential violations of Ontario’s Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act,

Guest blog by: Charles Hookimaw, Member of Kattawapiskak (Attawapiskat) Canada and Ontario are promoting "nation-building" projects and "special economic zones" while disregarding the rights, lands, and waters of the affected Rights-Holders. Nowhere is this disregard clearer than in the Ring of Fire region on Treaty No. 9 lands in Ontario's far north. Through new federal and provincial legislation, governments are attempting to fast-track resource development without the con