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At the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, we deal with a variety of animal welfare issues. Naturally, issues facing companion animals, or animals that people keep as pets, often get the most attention because nearly everyone has had a pet of some kind at one point or another in their life.
As you will see in our Animals and the Law section animal protection acts differ from province to province, and the protection that animals receive varies accordingly. While most provinces have updated their animal protection acts, weak federal laws means violence against animals frequently goes unpunished or the punishments and fines are so light they do not act as a deterrent to animal cruelty. For more information on municipal, provincial or federal laws please see our Animals and the Law section.
In this section we highlight some of the issues facing companion animals in Canada.
