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Petitions signed by 175,000 persons opposed to a proposed Ontario law that would require Humane Societies to turn over unclaimed animals to scientific(...)
Petitions signed by 175,000 persons opposed to a proposed Ontario law that would require Humane Societies to turn over unclaimed animals to scientific(...)

Petitions signed by 175,000 persons opposed to a proposed Ontario law that would require Humane Societies to turn over unclaimed animals to scientific(...)

Date3/25/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Petitions signed by 175,000 persons opposed to a proposed Ontario law that would require Humane Societies to turn over unclaimed animals to scientific research institutions are presented yesterday at Queen's Park to Premier John Robarts (left) by Tom Hughes, the general manager of the Ontario Humane Society.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0076524F
Queen's pair demonstrators start to unload petitions signed by 86,000 persons protesting the government's order closing Doctors Hospital in Toronto. [Incomplete]
Queen's pair demonstrators start to unload petitions signed by 86,000 persons protesting the government's order closing Doctors Hospital in Toronto. [Incomplete]
3/17/1976
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dalton of Scarborough hold signed petitions they have collected asking for building of a drag strip in the Metro area so that young people will have a place to race their cars under proper supervision.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dalton of Scarborough hold signed petitions they have collected asking for building of a drag strip in the Metro area so that young people will have a place to race their cars under proper supervision.
7/2/1969
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
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
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 pup, left, peeks our a crack in his pen, while Toronto Humane Society investigator David Bain checks two animals on the dirty floor of a concrete pen
A pup, left, peeks our a crack in his pen, while Toronto Humane Society investigator David Bain checks two animals on the dirty floor of a concrete pen
1/25/1989
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
Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court
Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court
11/15/1977
The duty of kindness to animals : a selection of interesting anecdotes interspersed with religious and moral precepts in prose and verse : for the use of schools, and young persons of both sexes
The duty of kindness to animals : a selection of interesting anecdotes interspersed with religious and moral precepts in prose and verse : for the use of schools, and young persons of both sexes
1853
Humanity towards the inferior animals : anecdotes and observations, inculcating the humane and proper treatment of the inferior animals : addressed more particularly to very youthful minds, and calculated, it is presumed, to exert a beneficial influence upon the character in after-life
Humanity towards the inferior animals : anecdotes and observations, inculcating the humane and proper treatment of the inferior animals : addressed more particularly to very youthful minds, and calculated, it is presumed, to exert a beneficial influence upon the character in after-life
1857
Opposed to act: Dr. John Bate, president of the York Central Medical Society, is working to stall passing of proposed Canada Health Act.
Opposed to act: Dr. John Bate, president of the York Central Medical Society, is working to stall passing of proposed Canada Health Act.
2/22/1984