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Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court

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Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court

Date11/15/1977

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Wilkes, Jim (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018162F

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