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@animal-justice.bsky.social - thank you for exposing this!

Horses 'still dying' after flights from Canada to Japan — and regulator seems unaware | CBC News A new investigation by animal rights advocates shows horses being flown for slaughter in Japan continue to suffer injuries, illness and even death, reigniting the call for Canada to ban the shipments.

It seems government ( #CFIA ) records stating that #horses flown to #Japan for meat land in good health are untrue. This must stop now.

Don’t look away. Please read the article and learn the facts.

#animals #canada #kindess #vegan

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Seedy Saturday - GardenKitchener

Seedy Saturday event happening in Kitchener, #Ontario, on February 28. Great speakers, vendors and a seed exchange. 😃

#NativePlants #OntarioNativePlants #gardening #wildlife #whatyouplantmatters

www.kitchenerhs.ca/seedy-saturd...

Cute!!! 💜

Spring is just around the corner and I can’t wait …

🌱 Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
🌱 Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
🌱 Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

#NativePlants #gardening #bloomscrolling

Masses of snow here, but the hoarfrost on the trees and #NativePlants make for exquisite #winter interest. ❄️

#gardening #wildlife #nature #weather #ontario

Poster with photos of 6 moths (White-lined sphinx moth, Beautiful wood nymph mother, Eight-spotted forester moth, Cecropia silk moth, Pandorus sphinx moth, Hickory tussock moth) and 4 photos of Virginia creeper vine showing green leaves, red leaves, and blue berries borne on reddish stems. Text says, "Cool North America native moths brought to you by one of the most hated native plants: Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)"

#PlantMoreNatives! Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) appreciation post by Native Yardening. This aggressive vine is native to eastern North America & is in the grape family (Vitaceae). It supports birds & moths. For more info, here's its FNPS plant profile: www.fnps.org/plant/parthe...

Looks amazing!!!

A gray squirrel eating a peanut on my fence.

An Eastern chipmunk collecting bird seed from my feeder.

A red squirrel sitting in a tree in the Point Beach State Forest.

A thirteen-lined ground squirrel at Ottawa Lake campground, adjacent to the Scuppernong Prairie.

Happy #SquirrelAppreciationDay! I never get enough of these amazing animals!

#Squirrel #Wisconsin #Wildlife

City of Mississauga's Nuisance Weed and Tall Grass Bylaw Ruled Unconstitutional — Lorraine Johnson

3-0 in favour of naturalised gardens!

#Ontario courts have now ruled three times that municipalities targeting native plant gardens using ‘weed’ bylaws are acting unconstitutionally.

#nativeplants #gardening #ontarionativeplants #wildlife

lorrainejohnson.ca/blog/city-of...

Happiness is … signs that your #nativeplant garden is helping #wildlife survive #winter 🐇

🌱Freshly nibbled New England Aster

#gardening #ontarionativeplants

#ThrowbackThursday

Prairie smoke. I have nothing else to add, it speaks for itself.

#nativeplants #nativegarden #wisconsin #gardening

Locally extinct plant rediscovered in southern Ontario A plant species that had been previously designated 'locally extinct' has been rediscovered in southern Ontario, according to the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

Not extinct in #Ontario after all 🎉🎉🎉

🌱 Illinois Tick-trefoil (Desmodium illinoense)

#nativeplants

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) just keeps on giving. Even as the flowerheads dry out at this time of year, it still looks showy. Easy to propagate and drought tolerant. Larval host for American and Painted Lady #butterflies.

#NativePlants #gardening #bloomscrolling

From pollinator food (September 21) to becoming winter bird food (this week) - Dog-tooth Daisy (Helenium autumnale), aka Sneezeweed, looks amazing in the wildlife garden. I have it next to Joe Pye, as its blooms peak as the JP fades.

#nativeplants #gardening #ontarionativeplants

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

An amazing story highlighting nature’s resilience. It was so exciting when 100+ year old seeds started growing as part of this wetland restoration. Now scientists have discovered historic fauna too.

#nativeplants #rewilding #climate #nature

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

One bumblebee 🐝 sheltering in Anise Hyssop this morning as we head into what will likely be our first round of overnight frost.

#inverts #gardening #nativeplants

Photo of an empty birdnest built from Spanish moss and other fibers.

Is your yard bird friendly? Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) built this nest using Spanish moss & more in a coral honeysuckle thicket. They also are the primary consumers of the honeysuckle berries. Read, "Coral honeysuckle creates habitat," greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2025/08/cora...

Vegan - because the animal suffering at the hands of animal-use industries is unbearable. Because it makes a massive difference to my environmental footprint. The health benefits are a bonus, but I’ll take it.

More volunteers needed to help find 'cold-stunned' sea turtles | CBC News Beach patrols will begin this month across Atlantic Canada in an effort to find and rescue endangered sea turtles that may become stranded in the fall due to exposure to cold waters.

Never believe that you are too small to make a difference - just look at how these volunteers are saving turtles’ lives. 💜

#animals #wildlife #climate #turtles
#canada

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Winter Finch Forecast 2025-2026 - FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK By Tyler Hoar Featured Post Photo: ©David Turgeon GENERAL FORECAST It looks to be a flight year for many species in Eastern Canada. With mostly very poor crops in the boreal forest from central Quebec...

The winter finch forecast is out and it looks very promising! Could be a very exciting winter of birding! #birds #finch #redpoll #grosbeak

finchnetwork.org/winter-finch...

🤞 it is hard - so true!!!

Staking season. 🤓

My experiments with the #ChelseaChop in late spring yielded promising results this year. Planning to be a little less conservative with it in 2026.

#NativePlants #gardening

A Ladybird sheltering in an unfurling bracken frond. #naure #wildlife #insects #InsectThursday

So uplifting! Thanks for a lovely post. 😀

Asters providing great colour and pollinator food in the garden today:

Flat-topped aster
Sky Blue aster
Calico aster (behind the Pearly Everlastings)
New England aster

#nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling #wildflowers

Ladybird / Ladybug nesting in a curled up New Jersey Tea leaf this morning . 🐞❤️

#nativeplants #inverts #gardening

Native Clematis (Clematis virginiana) in August (left) and September (right). It can be a prolific reseeder. But flowers emerge on new growth each season, so you can cut it back as needed or remove seed heads.

#nativeplants #whatyouplantmatters #gardening #ontarionativeplants

Hope the vertigo goes away quickly.

Absolutely gorgeous! ❤️