Next Parliament should address critical animal welfare and illegal wildlife trade issues

While we are proud of our conservation efforts and successes to date, we know that without stronger and more robust legislation and standards, we will collectively lose the fight to protect nature for future generations.

We are acutely aware of the enormous responsibility and commitment to caring for the animals that call our zoos home, and this can no longer be left unmanaged in non-accredited facilities, write Dolf DeJong, Grant Furniss, Paul Gosselin, and Clément Lanthier. Pexels photograph by Yigithan Bal

Opinion

BY DOLF DEJONG, GRANT FURNISS, PAUL GOSSELIN, AND CLéMENT LANTHIER

September 17, 2021

With the final stretch of the federal election campaign fast approaching, we have been pleased to see the Liberal, Conservative, and New Democratic platforms each recognize the need to address critical issues of animal welfare and illegal wildlife trade. The Calgary, Toronto, Granby, and Assiniboine...

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