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      • Max
      • Skye
      • Shelby
      • In Memory of Thunder
      • Lightning
  • LEGISLATION | JUSTICE
    • The PAWS Act
    • Standards of Care (Critical)
    • Standards of Care for Dogs Kept Outdoors
    • AWS Enforcement Overview
    • Transparency & Accountability
    • Holes in Animal Welfare Protection
    • Municipal Bylaws
    • Veterinary Professionals Act
    • A Seismic Shift in Animal Welfare Enforcement in Ontario
    • JUSTICE
      • Criminal Code vs Provincial Offence Charges
      • Investigations & Justice
      • Penalties – Does the “Time” Fit the Crime?
  • ONTARIO’S SHAME
    • Ag Gag Laws
    • Animals For Research Act
    • Farm Animals In Canada & Ontario’s Ag Gag Legislation
    • Transporting Farm Animals
    • Ontario Slashes Wildlife Protections
    • Marineland
    • Northern/Remote Communities
    • Wildlife Rehabilitation
    • Ontario Wildlife Rehabilitation
    • Train & Trial (aka Penned Hunting)
  • EXPLOITATION
    • Sentient Beings
    • Foundational Belief about Animals
    • Animals Used as Entertainment
    • Roadside Zoos
    • Fur Farming
    • HORSES SLAUGHTERED IN CANADA & BEYOND
    • Wild Animals
    • Sled Dogs
    • One of Canada’s Dirtiest Little Secrets
  • BREEDERS
    • Recommended Rescues in Ontario
    • The Importance of Animal Rescues
    • Puppy Mills
    • Canadian Kennel Club
    • Types of Breeders
    • Red Flags of Possible Unethical Breeders
    • Buying Animals Online
    • What if you bought from a puppy mill?
    • Guardianship Programs
  • EDUCATION
    • Resources
    • Cruelty Free Products
    • Raw Feeding for Domestic Pets
    • Blood Donor – K9 Hero
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • PETITIONS | LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGNS
  • ABOUT US
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  • DONATE
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11 January 202619 January 2026

Debunking PC Gov Claims About Ontario’s Animal Welfare Crisis

Humane Initiative was asked by The Pointer newspaper to write an opinion editorial (Op Ed) about the current state of Ontario’s animal Welfare Crisis. We did one previously – in […]

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22 December 202523 December 2025

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 in Addison, ONT (just north of Brockville). We […]

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5 December 202428 January 2025

Rescues are the necessity – but NOT the solution.

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