Two lions sit on a structure in a small enclosure in a roadside zoo in Ontario.

Press conference: Ontario's roadside zoo problem

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Earlier this month we held a press conference at Queen’s Park informing people across Canada of Ontario’s roadside zoo problem and the impact this has on the animals that are confined there as well as people’s health and safety.

Check out some of the tremendous media coverage we received recently: CP24The StarBlogTO and CTV News. The high level of media attention paid to this campaign also triggered Premier Doug Ford to promise to look into this issue.

While we’re optimistic that we’ve put this issue on the Premier’s agenda, we will continue to maintain pressure on the government until mandatory zoo licensing regulations are passed, enforced and finally put an end to roadside zoos once and for all. Because of you, we are one step closer to preventing thousands of animals from being bred, traded and forced to live every day in miserable conditions in small, barren cages for entertainment.

Help put an end to roadside zoos once and for all. Speak up for wild animals suffering in horrible and unnatural conditions.

Speak out for captive wildlife in roadside zoos

There is a critical situation in Ontario: due to a lack of provincial zoo regulations, there are over one thousand wild animals being held captive in degrading conditions.

Further reading:

Ontario’s roadside zoo problem

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About 70% of facilities that keep exotic wild animals in Ontario can be described as a roadside zoo. Learn more about roadside zoos and what you can do to help.

Why anyone can own a zoo in Ontario

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Join us in calling on the Ontario government for stronger provincial regulations, meaningful enforcement and making this year, the last year for roadside zoos

Michèle Hamers

New report highlights the inhumane conditions of roadside zoos

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Inadequate regulations are failing captive wild animals in Ontario.

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