A new Ontario bill would make it near impossible for whistleblowers to expose incidents of cruelty in the animal industry. The bill comes at a time when the animal industry across North America is increasingly under attack for tolerating cruel and inhumane treatment. Bill 156 would make it illegal for journalists and others to go undercover in order to investigate animal abuse. As Camille Labchuk, executive director of the animal rights organization Animal Justice notes, both are part of a North American trend to impose so-called ag-gag laws on those who dare to question the animal industry. That both provincial governments are going to such extremes to prevent bad actors in the animal industry from being exposed is telling.

Source: thestar December 05, 2019 20:26 UTC