Debunking PC Gov Claims About Ontario’s Animal Welfare Crisis
Humane Initiative was asked by The Pointer newspaper to write an opinion editorial (Op Ed) about the current state of Ontario’s animal […]
Author: Donna
Time is running out to be heard! Deadline is 5pm on January 9
Animals for Research Act, Bill 75 – New proposed legislation is lacking critical changes to help ease the suffering of innocent animals. […]
Animal Welfare in Ontario – Looking back at 2025
It has not been a good year. The animal welfare crisis is out of control. Rescues drowning in debt and burnt out […]
Multiple visits by Animal Welfare Services – they continue to do nothing to protect the dogs!
Humane Initiative has been contacted by a number of people who have first hand, eyewitness accounts of the conditions at Nakoma Rescue […]
Do you think it is OK for dogs to be kept like this?
The Ontario government does! Provincial Animal Welfare Services has visited this rescue in eastern Ontario twice in the last year. They saw […]
Animals for Research Act Amendments
Ontario is THE ONLY province that mandates dogs and cats to be sold to research labs. Quebec allows it, but Ontario mandates […]
Ontario – Have Your Say!
Doug Ford has tabled his proposed Legislative changes regarding animals used in research. These amendments have been added to an already existing […]
Stop these laboratories!
HOT OFF THE PRESS: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-lab-test-dogs-ridglan-farms Under Ontario’s Animals for Research Act, this inhumane cruelty quietly exists. Doug Ford portrayed the angered, disgusted […]
Nearly 6 months – Still no court date?
On June 5, 2025, Stephanie Redlick who operates Above The Stars Equine Rescue, was charged with: As of late November there is […]
Outrage Directed at CFIA Grows
A heartfelt and furious email from an eyewitness (Mel Clifford) to the cull demands accountability from CFIA for their decisions and subsequent […]