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    • The PAWS Act
    • Standards of Care (Critical)
    • Standards of Care for Dogs Kept Outdoors
    • AWS Enforcement Overview
    • Transparency & Accountability
    • Holes in Animal Welfare Protection
    • Municipal Bylaws
    • Veterinary Professionals Act
    • A Seismic Shift in Animal Welfare Enforcement in Ontario
    • JUSTICE
      • Criminal Code vs Provincial Offence Charges
      • Investigations & Justice
      • Penalties – Does the “Time” Fit the Crime?
  • ONTARIO’S SHAME
    • Ag Gag Laws
    • Animals For Research Act
    • Farm Animals In Canada & Ontario’s Ag Gag Legislation
    • Transporting Farm Animals
    • Ontario Slashes Wildlife Protections
    • Marineland
    • Northern/Remote Communities
    • Wildlife Rehabilitation
    • Ontario Wildlife Rehabilitation
    • Train & Trial (aka Penned Hunting)
  • EXPLOITATION
    • Sentient Beings
    • Foundational Belief about Animals
    • Animals Used as Entertainment
    • Roadside Zoos
    • Fur Farming
    • HORSES SLAUGHTERED IN CANADA & BEYOND
    • Wild Animals
    • Sled Dogs
    • One of Canada’s Dirtiest Little Secrets
  • BREEDERS
    • Recommended Rescues in Ontario
    • The Importance of Animal Rescues
    • Puppy Mills
    • Canadian Kennel Club
    • Types of Breeders
    • Red Flags of Possible Unethical Breeders
    • Buying Animals Online
    • What if you bought from a puppy mill?
    • Guardianship Programs
  • EDUCATION
    • Resources
    • Cruelty Free Products
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    • Blood Donor – K9 Hero
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Month: February 2025

24 February 202513 March 2025

Animal Abusers in ONT do not face criminal charges !!!

Canadian Criminal Code 445.1 makes it very clear: Causing unnecessary suffering https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid03772e76zxe1e6XrZXdxK6aPorkDKEDBgJtHxdjj19P9jfjyZo7WnpSBDSYSnpfL2el&id=100064841840433

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23 February 202528 June 2025

Dakota – Eyewitness Accounts

Niagara Falls – July 30, 2024 A beautiful young German shepherd succumbed to the abuse and neglect at the hands of her owners Carly & Christopher Young of Niagara Falls, […]

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22 February 202513 May 2026

Justice for Dakota

Ontario’s broken animal welfare system fails another animal. Here is the story of a young German shepherd – her name was Dakota. Her life snuffed out by cruel owners. Concerned […]

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12 February 2025

NEIL STRATFORD ABUSE TRIAL

HAMILTON, ONTARIO – 12 FEB 2025 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02SB6vDwyqKm2yjond31BFwhnH7CPD2CU66G1FjZZdP85guBHw6ChaBkZH6DV67YqRl&id=100064841840433

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