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R. Brassard Ⓥ

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No one should be ashamed of not being a #Vegan... One should only be ashamed if you have seen the crimes against animals, and still you are not a #Vegan... #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare #EndVivisection #EndAnimalTesting #AnimalRescue #EndFactoryFarming

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · Oct 18

Time to change your life. Time to change the world.
#uspoli #cdnpoli #auspol #nzpol #EU #UK #Food #Health #Water #Environment #ClimateCrisis #NotOldMacDonaldsFarm #Meat #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty #AnimalRights #AnimalRescue #GoVegan #Vegan #Plantbased #Education

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Watch Dominion (2018) - full documentary - Dominion Movement - Animal rights documentary DOMINION | We Will Rise Together

Watch the 2018 Australian documentary Dominion for free.

www.dominionmovement.com

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1h

More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet

#NewZealand 🇳🇿 #NZpol #EATLancetCommission #Plantbased #Food #Diet #Health #Nutrition #Environment #Methane #GHGs #ClimateChange #AnimalAg #Pollution #Vegan

theconversation.com/more-veg-les...

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 13h

Animal rights group files complaint against ISP, claims ‘inhumane’ response to accident involving 185 calves 🎥

#Indiana #USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #AnimalCruelty #IndianaStatePolice #LiveAnimalTransport #Cows #Calves #Food #AnimalAg #AnimalLaw #AnimalRights #AnimalPartisan

www.21alivenews.com/2025/09/30/a...

www.21alivenews.com

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 13h

The dogs are here, the signs are up, & the energy is incredible! 🐶✊ Advocates & rescue dogs rally outside court in Ottawa while Animal Justice & Soi Dog Canada fight to overturn Canada’s import ban on rescued dogs.

Dogs in war zones & on streets deserve safety—not closed borders! #CdnPoli

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 13h

Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by #Meat and #Dairy Industry

The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the #FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.

#USA 🇺🇸 #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare #AnimalLaw

www.desmog.com/2025/09/19/c...

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 14h

The US Meat & Dairy Industry is Spying on Thousands of Animal Rights Activists

#USA 🇺🇸 #USpoli #Meat #Beef #JBS #Dairy #Milk #Pork #Poultry #Chicken #Cargill #SmithfieldFoods #AnimalRights #AgGag #AnimalLaw #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #Food #Health

www.greenqueen.com.hk/animal-agric...

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Annie 🇨🇦 @annieheron.bsky.social · 18h

No selling. The abuse will only continue. Release to the wild or to a sanctuary.

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 18h

#Inuit -led solution aims to avoid killing of Marineland’s 30 belugas

...calls for #whales to be released into #Arctic water to save them from financially troubled amusement park

#Marineland #Belugas #NiagaraFalls #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #AnimalWelfare

nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...

A beluga whale swims in a tank at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., in a 2023 photo provided by World Animal Protection. The financially troubled amusement park says it will be forced to euthanize its 30 belugas unless it receives government financial support because it can’t afford to keep them any longer. (Photo courtesy of World Animal Protection)

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GaⓋen Kind. 🌱 🌱 🌱 @gavenkind.bsky.social · 1d

If they’re unable to survive in the open ocean they should be moved to a seaside sanctuary, and Marineland should pay all associated costs. They profited from imprisoning these animals for years. Marineland, get out your checkbook!

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

Please take a moment to sign 🖊️⬇️

#Marineland #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #Belugas #Whales #Marinelife #Wildlife #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty #AnimalRights

Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Marineland is threatening to KILL 30 beluga whales unless the gov’t gives them money or allows the whales to be shipped to a subpar aquarium in China.

This is extortion. The Ontario & federal governments must step in now & protect the whales 👉 http://bit.ly/3IxNfME

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

#Marineland says its belugas shouldn’t go to Nova Scotia’s Whale Sanctuary Project

#NovaScotia #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #NSPoli #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #Belugas #Whales #AnimalWelfare #AnimalLaw #Marinelife #AnimalRights #Oceans #AnimalRescue #Wildlife #WhaleSanctuaryProject

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

The site for a proposed whale sanctuary is seen in an area south of Port Hilford, N.S., in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Whale Sanctuary Project

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

Please take a moment to sign 🖊️⬇️

#Marineland #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #Belugas #Whales #Marinelife #Wildlife #ONpoli #Cdnpoli #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty #AnimalRights

Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 1d

Urgent campaign poster from Animal Justice featuring a close-up image of a white beluga whale, urging action against Marineland's threats to kill their beluga whales.

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

Why #FirstNations in B.C. are making statements on ostrich farm cull controversy

Okanagan Nation Alliance says it has no stance on the cull, is focused on protection of native species

#BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #BCpoli #Cdnpoli #Ostriches #UniversalOstrichFarms #AnimalWelfare #H5N1

www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Karen Espersen, centre, the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, speaks with supporters with her daughter, Katie Pasitney, at the farm in Edgewood, B.C. The Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of the cull Sept. 24. (Aaron Hemens/The Canadian Press)

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 1d

If this was anyone else, fines, license suspension, loss of employment.

Ford government vehicle recorded at stunt driving speeds on #Ontario highways 🎥

#ONpoli #Cdnpoli #StuntDriving #Highways #DougFord #PhotoRadar #TrafficSafety

globalnews.ca/news/1146702...

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 2d

Happening today: #SmartLynxMalta is due to transport hundreds of #monkeys as cargo from #Mauritius to the #USA, destined for testing labs. These sentient #macaques are victims of the cruel global research & testing industry. Please send Email to SmartLynx: [email protected]

Long-tailed macaque in testing laboratory; SOKO Tierschutz/Cruelty Free International

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Faunalytics @faunalytics.bsky.social · 1d

A survey reveals how shelters address fear and anxiety in cats and dogs and what influences their treatment choices.

https://faunalytics.org/shelter-animal-anxiety-what-shelters-are-doing-to-help/

Shelter Animal Anxiety: What Shelters Are Doing To Help - Faunalytics

A survey reveals how shelters address fear and anxiety in cats and dogs and what influences their treatment choices.

faunalytics.org

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

Animal rights advocates urge #Ontario to seize #belugas, fearing #Marineland may euthanize them

World Animal Protection Canada accuses defunct amusement park of holding Ottawa hostage

#NiagaraFalls #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ONpoli #Whales #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

An aerial view of Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., as seen in drone footage in July. The shuttered amusement park didn't open this season, but is still caring for belugas and other animals. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

#AnimalWelfare is now part of RFK Jr.’s #MAHA agenda

The health secretary has made phasing out animal testing part of his Make America Healthy Again plan.

#AnimalTesting #USpoli #AnimalResearch #Animals #NAMs #AnimalCruelty #USA 🇺🇸 #AnimalRights #Cdnpoli
#EU #UK

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (R-Ariz.), Justin Goodman of White Coat Waste (center) and MAGA influencer Laura Loomer show Oliver, a rescue beagle, some love during a visit to Capitol Hill. | Courtesy of Laura Loomer

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

#Marineland #Ontario #Canada 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ONpoli #PAWS #DougFord #Wildlife #AnimalWelfare #Belugas #Whales #Marinelife #AnimalRights

Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 2d

After decades of profiting from cruelty, Marineland is threatening to kill its 30 remaining whales 💔 It's time for Ontario to step in to protect the whales & send Marineland the bill!

@camillelabchuk.bsky.social: “Marineland has a moral obligation to fund the future care of these animals.” ⬇️

Marine park threatens to euthanize 30 whales if Canada does not provide funding

Marineland’s warning comes after Canadian official blocked the transfer of the beluga whales to a theme park in China

www.theguardian.com

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

What a wasted life...animal exploitation is not entertainment.

France’s Last Circus Elephant Finds Freedom at #RichterSafariPark

#Samba #CircusPrisoner #AfricanElephant
#France 🇳🇱 #EU 🇪🇺 #Hungary #Elephants #Wildlife #AnimalRescue #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

hungarytoday.hu/frances-last...

Samba, France’s last circus elephant, has found a permanent home at Richter Safari Park in Nagykőrös (central Hungary), wrote the park in a statement.

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

I didn’t know if that many cats would fit’: Victoria volunteer pilot takes flight for Canadian Wings of Rescue 🎥

#Canada 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli
#CanadaWingsOfRescue #AnimalRescue #Flying #Pilots #Volunteers #Aviation #Cats #Dogs #Pets #AnimalWelfare #Animals #AnimalRights

cheknews.ca/i-didnt-know...

Canadian Wings of Rescue volunteer Jonathan Monahan is taking to the sky to help animals in need of rescue. (Submitted)

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

New orca calf brings hope to endangered J pod near Vancouver Island

#BC #Canada 🇨🇦 #BCpoli #Cdnpoli #Orcas #Whales #Blackfish #Cetaceans #Marinelife #Oceans #USpoli

cheknews.ca/new-orca-cal...

New orca calf J64 is shown with its mother, J45, in a picture from Center for Whale Research. (CWR)

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 2d

#Sobeys #Canada 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #BCpoli #ABpoli #MBpoli #ONpoli #QCpoli #PEIpoli #NLpoli #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #Food #AnimalRights #CageFreePromise

Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 NATIONWIDE SOBEYS PROTESTS
On Oct 11, Canadians in Calgary, Charlottetown, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, St. John’s, Toronto, Vancouver, & Winnipeg will rally to demand Sobeys finally keep its cage-free promise 🐔

Find a protest near you 👉 animaljustice.ca/sobeys-protest

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 4d

Warnings of imports of caged hen eggs as #Ukraine and #Poland become UK’s biggest suppliers
Shift raises #foodsafety and welfare concerns as imports can bypass standards..

#UK 🇬🇧 #CagedHenEggs #Food #Eggs #EU #AnimalCruelty #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #AnimalLaw

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

Data shows Ukraine and Poland together accounted for more than 15m kilos of imported eggs to the UK.
Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 4d

#JaneGoodall adopted a plant-based diet back in the 1960s: It was key to her activism and a long, healthy life

#Plantbased #Vegan #Ethics #Environment #Food #Health #Animals #Wildlife #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights #Nature #MeatIsMurder #GHGs #FactoryFarming #Conservation
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/10/...

British primatologist Jane Goodall at the chimpanzee enclosure at Taronga Zoo on May 29, 2014 in Sydney, Australia.Newspix | Newspix | Getty Images

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Action for Primates @actionforprimates.bsky.social · 5d

Non-human primates are exploited & persecuted - hunted & killed for 'fun', food, as 'pests'. Others captured alive for breeding or use in testing labs, sold as 'pets' or abused for social media content. Please take action on #WorldAnimalDay - 4 October: actionforprimates.org

Captured long-tailed macaques, Indonesia; Action for Primates

Infant long-tailed macaques for sale on roadside, Indonesia; JAAN/Sumatra Wildlife Center

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R. Brassard Ⓥ @veganrick.bsky.social · 5d

#Cdnpoli #FurFarming #Canada 🇨🇦 #AnimalWelfare #AnimalRights

The Fur-Bearers @thefurbearers.bsky.social · May 13

What’s really happening behind the scenes on Canadian fur farms? Find out in the premiere of our new short film, Canadian Fur Farms: Exposed. Animal cruelty, taxpayer subsidies, health & environmental risks - the truth is undeniable. It’s time to act now. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dty...

Canadian Fur Farms: EXPOSED

YouTube video by The Fur-Bearers

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