- Target:
- Government
- Region:
- Canada
The Canadian Federation of Human Societies In Canada, has been calling on the government to amend the animal cruelty sections of the Criminal Code of Canada for more than 25 years.
The government did launched a consultation process to gather input on what changes were needed to the animal cruelty provisions; nonetheless nothing came out of it. In December 1999, then Justice Minister Anne McLellan tabled Bill C-17 in the House of Commons. Bill C-17 died shortly after it was introduced, due to an election call early in 2000.
From the time Bill C-17 was tabled to today, Animal Alliance worked to have the federal animal cruelty laws amended. We lobbied the federal government to adopt protective animal cruelty laws and worked with other animal protection organizations to pressure the government. Sections 444 to 447 of the Criminal Code of Canada remain outdated and insufficient to protect animals subjected to abuse and cruelty.
We need to keep the pressure on the Minister of Justice to strengthen federal legislation to better protect all animals.
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The Support legislation to better protect Animal Rights petition to Government was written by Martin Charbonneau and is in the category Animal Rights at GoPetition.