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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

Cruelty case: Martha Schissler, the Toronto Humane Society's senior cruelty investigator, comforts a mixed-breed dog stabbed in the neck yesterday

Date3/31/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cruelty case: Martha Schissler; the Toronto Humane Society's senior cruelty investigator; comforts a mixed-breed dog stabbed in the neck yesterday.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113780F
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