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Month: July 2025

2025-07-252025-07-30AWS

Email from AWS Chief

This past weekend up in Georgian Bluffs (Wiarton area) there was a dire situation involving 9 dogs being kept in crates for […]

2025-07-212025-07-22General

AWS – Another Dereliction of Duty

AWS Incident #: UCN20580965 GEORGIAN BLUFFS, ONTARIO – July 10 – July 20, 2025 Last week and this past weekend another situation […]

2025-07-132025-07-13AWS, General, Legislation

AWS Inspectors Refuse To ID Themselves When Asked

Let us Ontarian’s not forget, the government works for us and is paid for BY us. With that is mind, I think […]

2025-07-122025-07-12AWS

Hot Off The Press…….

Hi everyone, The Pointer, an independent newspaper in Ontario has just published a great piece and I wanted to share it with […]

2025-07-102025-07-10AWS, Justice/Enforcement

Why the Inconsistencies in Charging?

ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES – WHY THE INCONSISTENCY IN POLICE RESPONSE? Just this past weekend (July 5, 2025) a video tape was released […]

2025-07-042025-07-04AWS, Puppy Mills

Another House of Horrors

Stoney Creek, Ontario – McNeilly Avenue – Backyard Breeder – AWS Knew and DID NOTHING!!! Please join us and demand a change […]

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