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  2. Legal status of animals in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Animals in the Canadian legal system are considered property. Property rights include the rights of possession, the rights of use, and the enjoyment of property to the exclusion of humans. Jurisdiction over animals is divided between the federal government and the provinces under the Constitution of Canada.

  3. Boerboel - Wikipedia

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    The name Boerboel derives from the Afrikaans words boer, meaning farmer, and boel, a shortening of boelhond, meaning bulldog. [11]The Boerboel descends from an old colonial cross-breed of mastiffs and bulldogs used both as a guard dog on remote farms and estates and for big game hunting, and known as the Boer Dog [12]: 618 or Boer Hunting Dog.

  4. Animal welfare and rights in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Similar to the American Animal Legal Defense Fund, Canada's Animal Justice lobbies for stronger animal welfare legislation and litigates on behalf of animals. [30] Canadian freelance journalist and animal advocate Jessica Scott-Reid, has written about animal rights and animal activism in Canada, for mainstream media [ 31 ] since 2014.

  5. Breed-specific legislation - Wikipedia

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    Pit bull–type dog wearing a muzzle. In law, breed-specific legislation (BSL) is a type of law that prohibits or restricts particular breeds or types of dog. [1] Such laws range from outright bans on the possession of these dogs, to restrictions and conditions on ownership, and often establishes a legal presumption that such dogs are dangerous or vicious to prevent dog attacks.

  6. Species at Risk Act - Wikipedia

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    All categories. The Species at Risk Act (French: Loi sur les espèces en péril, SARA) is a piece of Canadian federal legislation which became law in Canada on December 12, 2002. It is designed to meet one of Canada's key commitments under the International Convention on Biological Diversity.

  7. Talk:Boerboel - Wikipedia

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    Secondly the document provided clearly states that the Boerboel is a declared landrace under act 62 0f 1998, Im not going to debate whether or not the Boerboel meets your personal definition of a landrace, the fact is it is officially a declared South African landrace and thus it should be included as such on the page.

  8. Disallowance and reservation in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Trudeau remained willing to trade the powers of disallowance and reservation for a bill of rights. In 1978, An Act to amend the Constitution of Canada with respect to matters coming within the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada (Bill C-60) was introduced to the 30th Parliament by the Liberal government under Pierre Trudeau. The ...

  9. Demographics of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada's fertility rate hit a record low of 1.4 children born per woman in 2020, [30] below the population replacement level, which stands at 2.1 births per woman. In 2020, Canada also experienced the country's lowest number of births in 15 years, [ 30 ] also seeing the largest annual drop in childbirths (−3.6%) in a quarter of a century. [ 30 ]