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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

2025-09-012025-09-01AWS, 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 […]

2025-04-302025-05-21AWS, Legislation

AWS Refuses to Press Charges for Deaths

WHAT ABOUT CAUSING DEATH ???? Hamilton – Jessica Kippen On Thursday, June 12th Jessica Kippen is in Hamilton court for a 2nd […]

2025-04-26Legislation

2025 Federal Election – Animal Welfare Debate

This debate was very interesting. To me personally, it provided really good insight into the individuals. I have always supported Nathaniel Erskine-Smith […]

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

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