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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,(...)

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,(...)

Date4/3/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 $200,000 to $300,000 more when the contract expires this fall.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113763F
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
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(...)
6/20/1974
A stray pup finds sanctuary in the arms of Alan McGinn, founder of a new organization for animal-lovers to provide refuge for lost dogs and cats that might otherwise be used for medical research
A stray pup finds sanctuary in the arms of Alan McGinn, founder of a new organization for animal-lovers to provide refuge for lost dogs and cats that might otherwise be used for medical research
3/23/1971
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
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
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
Animal art: Animals now decorate boarding around new Humane Society building, thanks to kids from Park Public School
Animal art: Animals now decorate boarding around new Humane Society building, thanks to kids from Park Public School
6/16/1980
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
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
Vet and pet: Dr. Donald MacDonald warns pet owners against believing all those rumors about animals. Here he smiles at a stray six-week-old puppy, brought in with an injured eye and now in good shape again.
Vet and pet: Dr. Donald MacDonald warns pet owners against believing all those rumors about animals. Here he smiles at a stray six-week-old puppy, brought in with an injured eye and now in good shape again.
7/22/1983
Pablum covered baby racoon is one of many wild animals at humane society
Pablum covered baby racoon is one of many wild animals at humane society
6/27/1990
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