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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

His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter

Date12/16/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113757F
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
Gee, Mom, you're just great. It's hard to tell whose head is whose as Kahn, a young Bactrian camel, snuggles up to his mother, Patches, at the Metro Z(...)
Gee, Mom, you're just great. It's hard to tell whose head is whose as Kahn, a young Bactrian camel, snuggles up to his mother, Patches, at the Metro Z(...)
3/3/1977
Ever-Green: Unsightly patches get a quick touch up with Robert Hodgins' spary color
Ever-Green: Unsightly patches get a quick touch up with Robert Hodgins' spary color
6/4/1989
Sean-Robert Gammage wore denim overalls with patches
Sean-Robert Gammage wore denim overalls with patches
4/1/1991
Back at work after a 4 1/2-month strike, cleaner Maurice Guilbeault finds the animals at the Toronto Humane Society are glad to see him. The dogcatche(...)
Back at work after a 4 1/2-month strike, cleaner Maurice Guilbeault finds the animals at the Toronto Humane Society are glad to see him. The dogcatche(...)
2/5/1974
Calling all aces: Herb Carnegie, 69, a former semi-pro hockey player and athletic director for city of North York, says his Future Aces program is one answer to society's ills
Calling all aces: Herb Carnegie, 69, a former semi-pro hockey player and athletic director for city of North York, says his Future Aces program is one answer to society's ills
4/19/1989
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
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
Toronto Humane Society President Tim Trow survived of confidence at a d of directors meeting ight, but the controversy the society's operations appears far from over
Toronto Humane Society President Tim Trow survived of confidence at a d of directors meeting ight, but the controversy the society's operations appears far from over
9/19/1983
Vicious pup? This 6-week-old puppy bit both ears and a finger off a 2-week-old baby girl in Mississauga but an Ontario Humane Society official says it(...)
Vicious pup? This 6-week-old puppy bit both ears and a finger off a 2-week-old baby girl in Mississauga but an Ontario Humane Society official says it(...)
10/9/1979
Cruelty case: Martha Schissler, the Toronto Humane Society's senior cruelty investigator, comforts a mixed-breed dog stabbed in the neck yesterday
Cruelty case: Martha Schissler, the Toronto Humane Society's senior cruelty investigator, comforts a mixed-breed dog stabbed in the neck yesterday
3/31/1991
Driving to the dogs. Wards of the Toronto Humane Soceity practised on some of the wheeled toys that will be sold at the society's women's division rum(...)
Driving to the dogs. Wards of the Toronto Humane Soceity practised on some of the wheeled toys that will be sold at the society's women's division rum(...)
3/25/1968