Canada received a “D” on the World Animal Protection Index for allowing practices [...] that are banned in some comparable jurisdictions, including some U.S. states.

Although polls show Canadians strongly support protections for farmed animals, the issue attracts almost no mainstream media attention.

Industry executives and their allies in the Ford government want to make sure there’s no such disturbing videos disseminated in the future, so they’re clamping down hard — not on potential abusers but on those brave enough to try to capture the abuse on film.