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Animal Welfare Service – PAWS Enforcement agency

1 September 20251 September 2025

Does this make you mad ENOUGH to act?

WELLESLEY,ONTARIO This puppy mill is known to and actually licensed by the municipality. Mayor Joe Nowak knows all about puppy mills in his little kingdom. This particular puppy mill is […]

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25 August 202525 August 2025

Six Years Ago Doug Ford made a Promise….We are still waiting!

In 2019, the Ontario government knew that the responsibility of overseeing animal welfare would be changing hands from the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) to […]

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20 August 202520 August 2025

Will Justice Truly be Served?

4 LUCKY PAWS RESCUE – THE TRIAL OF KATELYN LIDKEA PETERBOROUGH – TODAY, AUG 20 In under 5 hrs, Katelyn Lidkea will hear her sentence! I have been through this […]

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10 August 202510 August 2025

Is Our Criticism of Animal Welfare Services Justified?

Animal Welfare Services (AWS) is the enforcement division under Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS). They are governed by the PAWS Act – provincial legislation created and brought in January 2020 […]

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7 August 20257 August 2025

Accused animal abuser a No Show in court for a second time.

Accused animal abuser Carly Young of Niagara Falls once again failed to show up for a court date scheduled for July 22, 2025. The horrific death of Dakota, a young […]

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6 August 20256 August 2025

This is not going to get better on its own!

Premier Doug Ford, Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, Minister Mike Harris (MNRF) and AWS Chief Melanie Milczynski are not interested in protecting animals – they just are not. They are more […]

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5 August 20255 August 2025

Why the Charging Inconsistencies?

Criminal Code charge vs Provincial Offence charge vs No charge? The exact same occurrence of animal abuse could be done in 10 different municipalities throughout Ontario and you will not […]

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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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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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