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Cruel experiments on monkeys exposed in an Ontario University. Take action today.

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Animal Alliance of Canada is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization.

Our mission is to protect animals through electoral politics, legislative advocacy, education, and rescue, with a focus on achieving lasting legal protections.

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Canada's Department of National Defence uses piglets to train military personnel. It doesn't have to be this way. Most other allied nations no longer use animals in their training programs.

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No Pets in Research

Every year in Canada thousands of dogs and cats are used by research facilities for experimental purposes. They are subjected to a life of pain and suffering and eventually killed. Advocate for legislation banning the use of dogs and cats in research.

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Help Cambodian Macaques

Over the past 19 months, more than 6,000 endangered macaques have arrived in Canada from Cambodia for use in laboratory testing. advocate for these beings who deserve a life of freedom in their habitats, not subjected to this exploitation.

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News & Updates

BREAKING: Ontario Research Facility Nucro-Technics Challenges Restrictions on Invasive Medical Research on Dogs and Cats

On September 25, 2026, Nucro Technics Inc. filed an application in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice asking the court to overturn Ontario’s new restrictions on invasive medical research involving dogs and cats, arguing that the legislation is unconstitutional. Nucro-Technics is a contract research organization based in Scarborough. According to its court application, the company […]
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When “Good Animal Practice” Isn’t Good Enough

Over the past year, Canadians have been confronted with disturbing reports from animal research facilities. Investigations, whistleblower accounts, and media reporting have revealed conditions that many members of the public may never have imagined existed behind laboratory doors. As more information comes to light, important questions keep resurfacing: How effective is the “oversight” system meant […]
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York Admits to Deviations from CCAC’s Policies, But Still Hasn’t Released the Report

One month after telling us a meeting “would not be productive,” York University wrote again — this time to correct its own account of the CCAC’s findings. The word it says it “inadvertently omitted” materially changes what the university originally told us. Here’s what the letter said, and what York still refuses to say. On […]
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