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    • A Seismic Shift in Animal Welfare Enforcement in Ontario
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      • Criminal Code vs Provincial Offence Charges
      • Investigations & Justice
      • Penalties – Does the “Time” Fit the Crime?
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    • Animals For Research Act
    • Farm Animals In Canada & Ontario’s Ag Gag Legislation
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    • Northern/Remote Communities
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    • Ontario Wildlife Rehabilitation
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    • Sled Dogs
    • One of Canada’s Dirtiest Little Secrets
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    • The Importance of Animal Rescues
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Month: July 2025

25 July 202530 July 2025

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 many many hours that needed immediate attention. Some […]

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21 July 202522 July 2025

AWS – Another Dereliction of Duty

AWS Incident #: UCN20580965 GEORGIAN BLUFFS, ONTARIO – July 10 – July 20, 2025 Last week and this past weekend another situation arose with dogs in distress. This time in […]

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13 July 202513 July 2025

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 it is more than fair for the taxpayers […]

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12 July 202512 July 2025

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 you. PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW. The Pointer does […]

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10 July 202510 July 2025

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 on social media showing a man in Belleville, […]

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4 July 20254 July 2025

Another House of Horrors

Stoney Creek, Ontario – McNeilly Avenue – Backyard Breeder – AWS Knew and DID NOTHING!!! Please join us and demand a change to this broken animal welfare system. Saturday, July […]

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