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by Shelagh MacDonald How many years does it take to pass a government bill? With the help of the Alliance Party, two years and counting for Bill C-15B. This is the first bill to significantly amend the Cruelty to Animals sections of the Criminal Code in more than 100 years. And Alliance Members of Parliament are doing their best to stand in its way. The original Bill was proposed by ...
By Shelagh MacDonald The tragic and gruesome case of the two Presa Canario dogs that killed a San Francisco woman early last year is a horrible example of dog ownership gone terribly wrong. Sadly, there were two more such incidents in just the first two months of this year. In January, a four-year-old child was killed by two dogs near Georgian Bay in Ontario. On Valentine’s Day, a ...
About 5 years ago I had the “privilege” of accompanying the constables of a prominent Canadian humane society during a “routine” inspection of a well known circus. The circus had just arrived with a variety of animals, including dogs, horses, donkeys, tigers and ele- phants, to provide entertainment to thousands of families that weekend. The presence of the circus was a yearly event, well ...
Reacting to pressure from the public and from animal protection organizations, fast food chains McDonald’s and Burger King have recently sparked more improvements in the welfare of farm animals than have taken place in the last 50 years. McDonald’s Corporation US started the ball rolling in August 2000 when it informed the farmers who provide more than 1.5 billion eggs per year that ...
The Winnipeg Humane Society recently launched the first humane labelling program in Canada. Meat products displaying the label “Winnipeg Humane Society Certified” were available in participating Manitoba grocery stores beginning in March 2002. To qualify for the program, farmers must raise their animals according to strict requirements established by the Winnipeg Humane Society. ...
By N. Glenn Perrett Dealing effectively with issues affecting non-human animals involves staying up-to-date with the latest ideas and information. The following are some books that have recently been published pertaining to the sentient beings with whom we share this planet.Animal Equality: Language and LiberationBy Joan Dunayer (Ryce Publishing) How our species views and treats ...
The CFHS is pleased to announce the addition of Eric Adriaans in April as the new Development Director for the CFHS. Eric comes to us with more than 10 years of experience in the charitable sector, most recently as Manager of Development with the Ottawa Humane Society. Eric has worked with The Arthritis Society, The Kidney Foundation of Canada and The Canadian Diabetes ...
We are very sad to report the passing of a long-time friend, supporter and volunteer of the CFHS and of the humane movement in Canada. Stu Rammage passed away in Penticton, British Columbia in April. Stu retired in 1978 after a long career with the RCMP. He then worked as Executive Director and then Field Director with the BC SPCA until 1990. Since that time, Stu was a volunteer on the Board of ...
There are about 150 humane so-cieties or SPCAs across Canada. Some have million dollar budgets, large shelters and well-developed education programs. Then there are those with makeshift shelters or no shelter at all, no paid staff and very limited resources. In both cases, it’s the people – staff and volunteers – who really make the organization work. That couldn’t be ...
