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2025-12-222025-12-23AWS, General, Rescues

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 […]

2025-12-162025-12-16AWS, Legislation

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 […]

2025-12-112025-12-11Animal Research, Legislation

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 […]

2025-11-262025-11-26Animal Research, Inhumane but Legal, Legislation

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 […]

2025-11-242025-11-24Animal Research, Legislation

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 […]

2025-11-222025-11-22AWS, Horses

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 […]

2025-11-122025-11-12CFIA, Inhumane but Legal

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 […]

2025-11-052025-11-05Legislation

Where is Binx?

Binx was taken by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry last Wednesday, October 29th. Her location or state of health is […]

2025-10-192025-10-19AWS, General

An Op Ed from the heart

The Pointer newspaper asked me if I would write an article for their Editorial section about the state of animal welfare in […]

2025-10-062025-10-06Exploitation

Marineland Plays the Guilt Card

THE BELUGA’S ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! Marineland continues not to take responsibility for their actions in this whole entire inhumane failure. […]

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