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A sad-looking stray was picked up yesterday by John MacArthur, a driver-agent for the Toronto Humane Society, and taken to the society shelter on Well(...)
A sad-looking stray was picked up yesterday by John MacArthur, a driver-agent for the Toronto Humane Society, and taken to the society shelter on Well(...)

A sad-looking stray was picked up yesterday by John MacArthur, a driver-agent for the Toronto Humane Society, and taken to the society shelter on Well(...)

Date6/20/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: A sad-looking stray was picked up yesterday by John MacArthur; a driver-agent for the Toronto Humane Society; and taken to the society shelter on Wellesley St. People interfering is the worst problem; a fellow dogcatcher says; mentioning one agent who was bitten; not by a dog but by its would-be rescuers.
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Price going up? The Humane Society is paid $600,000 a year by the city to provide a shelter for stray animals like this dog, but plans to demand $200,(...)
Price going up? The Humane Society is paid $600,000 a year by the city to provide a shelter for stray animals like this dog, but plans to demand $200,(...)
4/3/1981
Toronto Humane Society workers Jan Pinney, left, and Tricia Ralston say they are becoming increasingly disturbed by the number of animals arriving at the shelter as strays and not being claimed
Toronto Humane Society workers Jan Pinney, left, and Tricia Ralston say they are becoming increasingly disturbed by the number of animals arriving at the shelter as strays and not being claimed
6/2/1978
Kittens by the armful: Humane Society employee Marcia Darling has her arms full with these four kittens taken in as strays in the past week
Kittens by the armful: Humane Society employee Marcia Darling has her arms full with these four kittens taken in as strays in the past week
4/3/1981
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
The 10 cats 47-year-old Joseph Pechoc kept in a tent on the roof of the office building where he is a maintenance man were taken away by agents of the Toronto Humane Society yesterday, so he took out the electric heater with which he'd kept them warm
11/25/1975
Watch the Birdie! A foundling robin taken to the Society for Animals in Distress (SAD) shelter on St
Watch the Birdie! A foundling robin taken to the Society for Animals in Distress (SAD) shelter on St
6/3/1975
Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
2/15/1983
Banned pet: Sad-eyed Laka waits for adoption at the Toronto Humane Society after a no-pet clause forced her owner to give her up
Banned pet: Sad-eyed Laka waits for adoption at the Toronto Humane Society after a no-pet clause forced her owner to give her up
10/4/1988
About 130 cats and same number of dogs are up for adoption at the Toronto Humane Society shelter on Wellesley St
About 130 cats and same number of dogs are up for adoption at the Toronto Humane Society shelter on Wellesley St
12/8/1976
Critical of society: Dr. Angelo Filiplic says the humane society's directors are to blame for the spread of disease at the shelter.
Critical of society: Dr. Angelo Filiplic says the humane society's directors are to blame for the spread of disease at the shelter.
9/16/1983
Surely, he can find a home. The Toronto Humane Society shelter on Wellesley St. has a mystery on its hands. Anne Meredith of adoption staff holds Yor(...)
Surely, he can find a home. The Toronto Humane Society shelter on Wellesley St. has a mystery on its hands. Anne Meredith of adoption staff holds Yor(...)
8/25/1977
His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter
His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter
12/16/1977
Battered fighting dog is one of those seized from a Guelph farm and now in the Ontario Humane Society shelter in Mississauga. Long, vicious lights bet(...)
Battered fighting dog is one of those seized from a Guelph farm and now in the Ontario Humane Society shelter in Mississauga. Long, vicious lights bet(...)
10/23/1974