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ANIMAL JUSTICE ACADEMY LUNCHTIME LIVE:
The Bill to Help Phase Out Animal Experimentation with Kaitlyn Mitchell

There's a new Canadian bill that could phase out the most painful forms of animal testing and put Canada on-track to become a leader in creating animal-free testing methods.

Animal Justice Staff Lawyer Kaitlyn Mitchell will be joining us for our AJA Lunchtime Live to talk about Bill S-5, the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act that's already been passed in the Senate, and how we can help get it passed in the House of Commons!

Each year in Canada, tens of thousands of animals suffer in toxicity tests for product safety and other reasons. These tests cause severe pain, extreme distress, and often death. In toxicity tests, individuals can be burned or wounded without pain relief, forced to eat deadly substances, or have harmful chemicals spread on their skin.

Bill S-5 would lay out the roadmap for ending toxicity testing on animals and for Canada to become a leader in phasing out animal experimentation altogether.

Animal Justice has been leading a coalition of organizations championing this bill, join us to find out more about the bill's interesting journey so far and to discuss the action plan for getting it through Parliament.

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About Kaitlyn Mitchell: 

Kaitlyn works as a staff lawyer at Animal Justice, where she works to stop the spread of agricultural gag ("ag gag") laws in Canada, improve legal protections for animals, and defend the rights of animal advocates. She regularly submits complaints to law enforcement authorities regarding reports of animal abuse and mistreatment, as well as other unlawful activities such as false advertising in the meat, egg, and dairy industry. Prior to joining Animal Justice, Kaitlyn worked for over a decade as a public interest environmental lawyer. Her practice focused on promoting environmental justice and legal recognition of environmental rights. She has appeared before numerous courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Kaitlyn graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 2007 after receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Winnipeg.