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      • 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?
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18 March 202621 March 2026

Animal Welfare Services Failures Out of Control

UPDATE: Last week, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) opened a criminal investigation into the death of Dakota and for that we are thankful. This action was the result of mounting […]

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7 March 20269 March 2026

We Cannot Rescue our Way Out of This Crisis!

Let me be very very clear….rescues are amazing!!! The commitment, the long hours, the sweat, the personal debt incurred and so many tears are a testimony to their dedication to […]

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5 March 202621 March 2026

Animal Abusers continue to play weak animal welfare “justice” system

People in Ontario who horribly mistreat, torture, neglect and even kill animals in Ontario go to TRAFFIC COURT!!! In very rare cases, the individual will be charged under the Criminal […]

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2 March 20262 March 2026

Carly Young’s Animal Cruelty Trial

THIS IS A JOKE! Carly Young was a NO SHOW in Welland this morning. According to her husband Christopher Young, Carly is on a 72 hour hold in Orillia at […]

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25 February 202625 February 2026

Carly Young’s Trial Commences March 2 in horrific death of Dakota

The Pointer has just published an update to their Dakota trial coverage. The continued delay tactics and controlling antics of Christopher Young (the defendants husband) have not gone over well […]

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24 February 202624 February 2026

Robert De Niro Talking…

ABOVE…THIS IS ONTARIO’S PUPS ACT LEGISLATION IN ACTION!!! Nothing has changed for the poor creatures used over and over again to make money for unethical breeders, slimy brokers and complicit […]

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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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6 October 20256 October 2025

Marineland Plays the Guilt Card

THE BELUGA’S ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! Marineland continues not to take responsibility for their actions in this whole entire inhumane failure. Their years of neglect and putting greed over […]

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14 September 202514 September 2025

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 pushing back. Telling us we are liars, we […]

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11 September 202511 September 2025

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 time and time again by the very taxpayer […]

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6 September 20256 September 2025

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 people’s business. Yes our business! They work for […]

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3 September 20254 September 2025

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 to use pets — cats or dogs — to experiment […]

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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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19 August 202519 August 2025

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 look away as if pretending they did not […]

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12 July 202512 July 2025

Hot Off The Press…….

Hi everyone, The Pointer, an independent newspaper in Ontario has just published a great piece and I wanted to share it with you. PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW. The Pointer does […]

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14 May 202521 May 2025

Zero Accountability

Ontario Animal Welfare Services (AWS) provides an online complaint tool so members of the public are able to make a formal complaint about an AWS Inspector. This complaint tool is […]

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