Hewitt A. Grant, subject of the St. Petersburg Times story “Kennel Trash”, has been convicted of 80 counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty and has been sentenced to 364 days in jail, 5 years of probation and 500 hours of community service at the animal shelter…

Full text of Ontario decision now available on the Superior Court website.Decision regarding December 2006 motion Decision regarding Dog Owners’ Liability Act The lawyers from both sides will be going back in front of the judge for further interpretation and explanation, as well as to…

Ontario politicians plan to give themselves a 25 per cent pay increase before the legislature’s Christmas break.Read the entire story from the Toronto Star. Unfortunately, the original report from the Star has disappeared due to their new and improved format. In that article, there was…

I had started to put this together back in September and then decided to re-read bill S-213 before posting here. Since that time, Mark Holland, a Liberal from Ajax-Pickering in Ontario, introduced private member’s bill C-373 which is identical to the former C-50. Without a…

YARMOUTH (NS) — Downtown business owners have voted against a dog ban proposed by town council.Read the full story here. Although this is no guarantee that the politicians won’t still do something silly, at least the people voicing the original concerns have managed to look…

Sigh! Another example of the movement by politicians towards completely isolating dog owners from the rest of society. Another town to add to my list of places in Canada I choose not to visit.Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is considering banning ALL dogs from the town’s Main…

I never cease to be amazed at the inhuman acts one man will do to another man or, in this case, to a woman.Wife abuser deported to Canada – National Post, September 29, 2006 In case the article disappears, here are some highlights: A Canadian…

An American recently visited Ontario to vacation and to train with his SEARCH & RESCUE American Pit Bull Terrier. This gentleman called Canada Customs prior to his visit and was assured that he could bring his dog into Ontario or vacation in Ontario with his…

PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO ANYONE YOU WISH. The link is http://chicobandido.blogspot.com/2006/09/help-needed-in-ontario-now.html Ontario. Twice the size of Texas. Three times the size of Germany. Five times the size of the United Kingdom. Home to a breed-specific legislative ban covering the largest geo-political area in the…

This Hamilton Spectator article demonstrates the absurdity of Ontario’s “pit bull” ban.A friend of mine has a 10-year-old “pit bull” type dog who is easily one of the best dogs I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He has almost no teeth left from…