Canadian Lawyer received a deluge of nominations for animal rights lawyers. Rebeka Breder rose to the top of the list and won the Changemakers category. The emerging practice specialty involves helping clients with pet custody, dog bites and “dangero...

In the last two weeks alone, an entire family (sow and her two cubs) was killed in Coquitlam, and another two bears in Port Moody (one of which had cubs, who are now orphaned).

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for making sure horses are shipped safely, but the animal rights group Canadian Horse Defence Coalition alleges the CFIA isn’t following its own guidelines. Global National’s Robin Gill spoke to anim...

For many lawyers, the call to practice their profession is rooted in a deep desire to defend those without a voice. 

That's especially true for Vancouver-based animal lawyer Rebeka Breder. 

From dangerous dogs to pets facing eviction not...

CTV News recently obtained undercover footage that shows another instance of inhumane and cruel treatment of chickens at an Abbotsford Farm. The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has a Code of Practice  that the industry is expected to follow...

Rebeka Breder is one of the first lawyers in Canada to make animal law her specialty—and as founder of the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. animal law section and a teacher of UBC’s first-ever course in animal law, Breder is uniquely prepared to fight...

On May 25, 2018, the Yukon Court of Appeal released its decision in Angerer v. Cuthbert, 2018 YKCA 2018.  This is a case about claims of private nuisance against a neighboring dog shelter.   

For a number of years, Ms. Cuthbert operated one...

A Vietnamese Potbelly Pig, named Molly, came from an abused background and ended up at the BC SPCA. After nursing her back to health, the BC SPCA was ready to adopt her out to her forever home. The new owner, “Austin Manson Forget”, appeared legitima...

In British Columbia, the Strata Property Act (the “SPA”) is the law that governs the relations between stratas and their owners and tenants.  That said, the SPA says very little about what a strata may or may not do in relation to pets.  All it says...