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Ontario SPCA bill defeated
Mar 30th
By Amanda Persico – YorkRegion.com
A motion yesterday regarding changes to Ontario SPCA’s animal investigation and inspection branches was defeated in the provincial legislature. MPPs voted down Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren’s Bill-47, which called for farm animal inspections to be carried out by the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ministry, while non-farm animals would be dealt with the Ontario SPCA. The bill also called for animal protection to fall on to provincial and regional police forces.
Ref: http://www.yorkregion.com/news/news/article/1327016
Debate continues on OSPCA powers
Mar 30th
By Amanda Persico – YorkRegion.com
The Ontario SPCA is back in the spotlight today, with members of provincial parliament discussing the separation of investigative and charity functions. Earlier this week, Carleton-Mississippi Mills MPP Jack MacLaren introduced Bill-47, which also calls for a separation between farm animal inspections and non-farm animal inspections. Farm animal inspections would be carried out by the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ministry, while non-farm animals would be dealt with by the OSPCA. Enforcing animal protection would fall to provincial and regional police forces, which has many animal advocates questioning animal protection under this proposed bill. Police are More >
Animal advocate wants change
Jan 5th
By Amanda Persico – YorkRegion.com
2011 was a bittersweet year for the OSPCA and animal advocates. It saw the opening of a new provincial animal education centre, which officially opened close to a year after the York Region branch closed its doors and euthanized pets after a case of ringworm. Plus, the findings of an independent investigation, which came more than a year after the initial ringworm outbreak, were released. “It took something tragic, but changes were made,” Reform Advocates for Animal Welfare founder Lynn Perrier said….
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The OSPCA’s Tale of Two Rockys
Nov 5th
By Peter Worthington from The Huffington Post:
This is the story of two dogs named Rocky — one a 16-year-old husky which was unnecessarily seized and killed by the OSPCA this summer, and the other being feted by the OSPCA at a fundraiser on Nov. 28 at Roy Thomson Hall.
The owner of the assassinated Rocky (okay, euthanized) feels the fundraising is being used to confuse people and make them forget the horrendous botch-up with their dog. Maybe, maybe not.
Certainly the OSPCA Rocky is a nice story of restoring a mange-riddled dog to normality, though calling it “a shining example of the life-saving work the More >
Concert in support of the OSPCA
Sep 30th
The OSPCA is planning a fund raising concert this fall at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. Perhaps the artists involved do not know the history of the OSPCA and feel that funds raised will be used for a charitable and good cause.
Those of you that are aware might want to let your favorite music artists (particularly Steven Page) know how you feel.
September 29, 2011 12:24 ET
International Renowned Artist Headlines a Talented all Canadian Line-Up for Animal Welfare!
Steven Page Teams up With Ontario SPCA for a Life Saving Concert
NEWMARKET, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Sept. 29, 2011) - The Ontario SPCA is pleased to More >
Finally a good news story about the SPCA!
Jul 7th
Montreal pooch safe after cross-country saga ends in B.C. Sidhartha Banerjee The Canadian Press
A Montreal pooch who disappeared last year has miraculously turned up some 4,500 kilometres away in Kamloops, B.C.The black Labrador named Pollux, shown in a photo handed out by her Montreal owner, is afraid of the water and detests the rain, yet she took an adventurous turn upon fleeing through a gate mistakenly left open at her east-end Montreal home last June 20. THE CANADIAN PRESSMONTREAL—A Montreal pooch is about to return home from a shocking, unscheduled, 4,500-kilometre journey that over the last year allowed More >
Woman joins protest after OSPCA kills her dog
Jun 23rd
By Terry Davidson ,Toronto Sun
First posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 7:57:28 EDT PM
NEWMARKET - Never in a million years did Gianna Tramontin ever think she’d be involved in a protest against the Ontario SPCA.
But after the provincial animal rescue agency put down her 16-year-old husky this past May in what both she and her veterinarian call an unnecessary killing, she just couldn’t sit back, stay quiet and let animal advocates speak for her.
Tramontin was one of around 30 protesters outside the OSPCA’s Newmarket headquarters on Wednesday — all calling for the firing of the agency’s management and board following a recent report More >
Dog taken, euthanized without owner’s knowledge
Jun 13th
Etobicoke woman blasts OSPCA, claims husky was put down needlessly CBC News Posted: Jun 12, 2011 3:25 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 12, 2011 3:25 PM ET Gianna Tramontin’s pet husky, Rocky, was euthanized by the OSPCA without the owner being notified. The organization claimed the animal was suffering and needed to be put down, but Tramontin said Rocky was healthy. (Photo submitted by Sonia Tramontin)
An Etobicoke dog owner has accused the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of euthanizing her beloved husky unnecessarily and without her knowledge.
Gianna Tramontin said her 16-year-old brown and white husky, Rocky, was More >
OSPCA – The Truth: Part 1
Aug 17th
OSPCA Truth promised to tell the whole truth about the OSPCA, not just the half truth that they want the public to hear. They deliver the nice magazine with perfect cute dogs and cats to your door, telling stories of all the good they do, and ask for your money, leading you to believe it will only be used for the benevolent things they do.
The truth is that they do not tell the other side. They refuse to answer questions to which they know the answer.
Truth #1 – Animals at the York Region Shelter at the time of the ‘Ringworm More >
The Truth – Sago’s Story
Nov 25th
This is the story of a five year old German Shepherd named Sago. Although Sago was born on August 21st 2005, her story starts on June 30th 2009 when she was abandoned by her owner – the result of a breakup. The OSPCA was called by a man and they picked up Sago in Georgina where he explained that his ex-girlfriend had left Sago and he could not look after the dog.
The OSPCA brought Sago to their Woodbine Avenue shelter south of Newmarket, Ontario and classified her as a Stray and put her on the obligatory 5 day hold for More >
Lesage/Meek Report released – full of inconsistencies
Jun 3rd
The long-awaited ‘independent’ Lesage/Meek review was released today.
The full report (in sections) can be viewed or downloaded here.
OSPCATruth will be responding to all details of the report as we investigate, however it is clear from initial review that lies were told to the investigators and information that might be damaging to the OSPCA management was withheld.
Near the beginning of the report on Page 2 it states:
“It is important to clarify at the outset of our report that based on the material we have reviewed, it appears there was neither a ringworm outbreak nor a mass euthanasia. The experts we retained More >Don’t be fooled by OSPCA
Jun 5th
Editorial by Lynn Perrier, Reform Advocates for Animal Welfare
Once again the OSPCA tries to spin the truth and mislead the public. They are so obvious in their lies and cover up attempts that it would be funny if it were not so tragic.
The results of the investigation into the needless killing of 102 animals at the Newmarket headquarters in May 2010 have been released. While I am relieved the public finally knows there was no ringworm and understand those animals died for no reason, there is more to this story the public deserves to know about. Some points in the More >
OSPCA – Let’s NOT blame the Vets.
Jun 6th
As we continue to examine the Lesage/Meek Report, we find it confirms what OSPCA Truth was told by former staff and volunteers of the OSPCA York Region Shelter.
The OSPCA has continually presented information in such a way that the public interprets it in the way the OSPCA wants.
For example, in May 2010, when the (NOT) ringworm outbreak occurred, the OSPCA in both Press Releases, the Media and News Conferences indicated that they had both consulted with their on-site veterinarian and shelter expert Dr. Sandra Newbury and they cleverly made it look like both had agreed that there was a ringworm More >
RALLY/PROTEST OF OSPCA
Jun 18th
RALLY/PROTEST OF OSPCA Wednesday, June 22 · 2:00pm – 6:00pm Outside OSPCA Headquarters, 16586 Woodbine Avenue, Newmarket, ON
Organized by RAAW – Reform Advocates for Animal Welfare
We demand government step in to fire senior management (Jim Sykes, Kate MacDonald and Tanya Firmage and Connie Mallory)
Remove Rob Godfrey and the entire Board of Directors and
A forensic audit of their finances and spending … An investigation into their charity status
Bring charges of animal cruelty against those responsible for the needless killing of 102 animals in May 2010 and the other animals they ruthlessly kill like Rocky. Rocky was killed while his owner More >
OSPCA’s killer streak a sign of too much power
Jun 6th
Charity dependent on governnent support has the investigatory powers of police, can lay charges, and answers to no one
By Peter Worthington ,QMI Agency – First posted: Monday, June 6, 2011 6:21:34 EDT PM
Demonstrators gather outside OSPCA offices in Newmarket on May 11 after learning the organization planned on killing 350 animals there because of a ringworm outbreak. Alex Urosevic/Toronto Sun
The report on the slaughter of animals at the OSPCA, supposedly for ringworm, makes the raid on the Toronto Humane Society a couple of years ago seem more questionable than it was.
The investigation by former Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Patrick More >
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