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2025-04-202025-05-21AWS, Legislation

Ontario’s Animal Welfare Budget

ONLY 14% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET GOES TO SERVICES TO PROTECT THE ANIMALS WHILE 70% GOES TO SALARIES & WAGES https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid021Ujw61fYkgPXT5wDKizAwH8qi3r9DMZ2LktX6QmTBvLJ6aCB1iRCsEBHrxsjvzzAl&id=100064841840433

2025-04-142025-04-14AWS, Justice/Enforcement, Legislation

Online selling platforms a major contributor to animal abuse

Kijiji, Facebook Marketplace, buyn’sell groups and websites continue to be a major contributing factor in providing unvetted access to abusers, unethical breeders, […]

2025-04-142025-04-14AWS

Ontario Animal Welfare – Are the taxpayers getting value for money and are animals being protected?

We say no, not at all. The animals continue to suffer and the government continues to carry on not getting pushed, significantly […]

2025-04-032025-04-03Horses

Well Known Horse Abuser Continues to Operate – Justice is being sought!

In Ontario horse circles, Stephanie Redlick is well known as a scammer and someone who severely neglects her horses. The conditions they […]

2025-03-242025-03-24Legislation

Animal Welfare in Ontario – Well here we are folks !!!!

How did we find ourselves here and who can turn this around? https://www.facebook.com/100064841840433/posts/pfbid0MNkSz2xoqcj3JLPzGRmf5BZVnAUTWycYZ4pVLrypJtwMy1cNVrfSWtW4qExYyhTQl/?

2025-03-13Legislation

Ontario Animal Welfare Standards of Care

In their present form, the Standards of Care within Ontario’s Animal Welfare legislation are so vague and unspecies specific they are practically […]

2025-02-242025-03-13Justice/Enforcement

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

2025-02-232025-06-28Legislation

Dakota – Eyewitness Accounts

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

2025-02-222025-06-28Legislation

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. […]

2025-02-12Legislation

NEIL STRATFORD ABUSE TRIAL

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

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