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2026-01-272026-01-27General

If you have not watched Rebel News’s Interview of Stephanie Redlick… you have no idea what you are missing!!

Yesterday, Ban Horse Slaughter posted the interview done by Rebel News (RN) of animal abuser and con artist Stephanie Redlick. The interview […]

2025-12-272025-12-27General

Animal Welfare in Ontario – Looking back at 2025

It has not been a good year. The animal welfare crisis is out of control. Rescues drowning in debt and burnt out […]

2025-12-222025-12-23AWS, General, Rescues

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 […]

2025-10-192025-10-19AWS, General

An Op Ed from the heart

The Pointer newspaper asked me if I would write an article for their Editorial section about the state of animal welfare in […]

2025-09-142025-09-14Did ya know, General

Attention Animal Lovers in Ontario

We continue to get many messages from people pushing back at some of our posts on social media. And I mean really […]

2025-08-192025-08-19General

Just Don’t Look Away

Standing up and stopping animal cruelty, abuse, abandonment and neglect falls on ALL OF US.  No one gets a pass, permission to […]

2025-08-112025-08-11Did ya know, General

Surrendering a Pet – a last resort!

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF AN ANIMAL WELFARE CRISIS! RESCUES ARE FULL / SHELTERS ARE FULL / POUNDS ARE FULL! Yesterday, […]

2025-08-032025-08-03General

The Real Story Behind the Stephanie Redlick Charges

Accused animal abuser and fraudster Stephanie Redlick – 28 yrs – of North York made her first court appearance July 24th 2025 […]

2025-07-212025-07-22General

AWS – Another Dereliction of Duty

AWS Incident #: UCN20580965 GEORGIAN BLUFFS, ONTARIO – July 10 – July 20, 2025 Last week and this past weekend another situation […]

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 […]

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