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Category: Legislation

Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act (PAWS Act). As of June/2024, includes the PUPS Act.
– Standards of Care
– Enforcement, justice
– Roles of AWS, Police, bylaw, Animal Control

2025-09-112025-09-11AWS, Legislation

Animals in Distress – AWS Fails to Act – AGAIN!

OH MY GOSH ONTARIO – WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS Why do the animals of this province have to be let down […]

2025-09-062025-09-06Animal Research, AWS, Justice/Enforcement, Legislation, Puppy Mills, Wildlife

Ontario’s Shameful Animal Welfare Policies – Are they reflecting YOUR values???

On October 20, 2025 – after 137 DAYS ON VACATION our provincially elected officials shuffle back into Queen’s Park to do the […]

2025-09-032025-09-04Animal Research, Legislation

Would the “real” Doug Ford please stand up!

Three recent quotes from Doug Ford in relation to dogs and cats being used in scientific experiments in Ontario: “You aren’t going […]

2025-09-012025-09-01AWS, Legislation

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 […]

2025-08-262025-08-26Legislation

Hypocrite!

“I can’t believe they got away with that this long, and I gotta thank the whistleblower that, you know, sent me pictures […]

2025-08-252025-08-25AWS, Legislation

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 […]

2025-08-132025-08-14Animal Research, Legislation

Animal Testing – Doug Ford speaking out of both sides of his mouth!!!!

A whistleblower (God love them!!!) in London, ONT has blown the lid off of a horrible case of animal cruelty at St.Joseph’s […]

2025-08-062025-08-06AWS, Legislation

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 […]

2025-07-132025-07-13AWS, General, Legislation

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 […]

2025-06-062025-06-07AWS, Horses, Legislation

Ontario Animal Welfare Services Failure to Act Leaves 20 Horses to Suffer – 3 are Now Dead

FEB 2025: After multiple calls into the PAWS Hotline regarding starving horses with significant injuries, it takes Animal Welfare Services (AWS) 8 […]

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