If you live in Toronto and haven't been sequestered, you've probably heard about the furor at and about Toronto Humane Society. The Globe and Mail has a series of articles that started May 30th about conditions at THS - May 30, June 1 and June 2.
One Bark At A Time has done a series of posts about this, and the last post is probably the best. The THS operates solely from donations, people are cancelling their donations. Who is going to suffer? The animals.
I strongly recommend that anyone concerned about THS and its future - it is about 100 years old - apply for membership. It's 30 bux, very little to give to ensure the welfare of the animals and have a voice in the Society's operations.
I hope the Board will quickly process and approve the membership applications. It is past time for serious changes at THS. Cool heads and logic must reign. People must be willing to step up to the plate to serve on the Board and identify a suitable manager for the shelter with the necessary people and financial skills and a passion for restoring the Toronto Humane Society to its former position as a premier animal welfare agency.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Finally. The rot at Toronto Humane exposed.
Great article by Kate Hammer in the Globe and Mail. A must read.
Tip of the hat to One Bark At A Time and an unnamed friend.
Tip of the hat to One Bark At A Time and an unnamed friend.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
BRYANT QUITTING POLITICS???!!!
According to a story today in the Toronto Star, Michael Bryant is leaving provincial politics to work for the City of Toronto.
Let me caffeinate myself, sort my thoughts and find out what I really think of this move.
Addendum:
Once Bryant is a private citizen, I can't rag on him anymore. What a shame. Best, and easiest, targat I've had in my life.First thoughts.
1. Who represents Bryant's riding now? Will the taxpayers be stuck with yet another bill for a by-election? I say we give the bill to the resigning MPP (or MP), since their failure to fulfill their employment contract caused the expense to the taxpayers.
2. The Toronto Star article has a lot of "sources" and conjectures. One of which is that Bryant will run for head of the Fibs and potentially Premier. Say it ain't so. The thought of Bryant as Premier makes me physically sick. Bryant has to me proven that his political ambition overrides protecting the Charter rights of law-abiding people and that he will legislate them into second-class citizenship if it serves his purpose.
3. I'll never vote for someone who legislated law-abiding people into second-class citizenship, and killed unoffending dogs just because of their shape. That's Bryant, McGuinty and the rest of the sitting Fibs.
4. What qualifications does Bryant have to be leading Toronto's economic development? Is he experienced in finance, business development, marketing? Has he worked in any business other than a law firm? How does he deserve this big-time job with Toronto? If you read his comments to the Canadian Club, you should be flailing in your seat - with laughter or horror, I'm not sure.
5. Is Bryant booking for the door before the challenge of his "pit bull" ban hits the Supreme Court? I am SO hoping that the justices of the Supreme Court see this law for what it is - legislating people into second-class citizenship based on their property, not on behaviour - and throw it into the trash. Do you think perhaps that Bryant doesn't want to be taking the heat when his "pit bull" ban bursts into flames? Bet he and the Fibs were and continue to be surprised at the organized and ongoing "little people" opposition to this particular piece of $@!!.
Let me caffeinate myself, sort my thoughts and find out what I really think of this move.
Addendum:
Once Bryant is a private citizen, I can't rag on him anymore. What a shame. Best, and easiest, targat I've had in my life.First thoughts.
1. Who represents Bryant's riding now? Will the taxpayers be stuck with yet another bill for a by-election? I say we give the bill to the resigning MPP (or MP), since their failure to fulfill their employment contract caused the expense to the taxpayers.
2. The Toronto Star article has a lot of "sources" and conjectures. One of which is that Bryant will run for head of the Fibs and potentially Premier. Say it ain't so. The thought of Bryant as Premier makes me physically sick. Bryant has to me proven that his political ambition overrides protecting the Charter rights of law-abiding people and that he will legislate them into second-class citizenship if it serves his purpose.
3. I'll never vote for someone who legislated law-abiding people into second-class citizenship, and killed unoffending dogs just because of their shape. That's Bryant, McGuinty and the rest of the sitting Fibs.
4. What qualifications does Bryant have to be leading Toronto's economic development? Is he experienced in finance, business development, marketing? Has he worked in any business other than a law firm? How does he deserve this big-time job with Toronto? If you read his comments to the Canadian Club, you should be flailing in your seat - with laughter or horror, I'm not sure.
5. Is Bryant booking for the door before the challenge of his "pit bull" ban hits the Supreme Court? I am SO hoping that the justices of the Supreme Court see this law for what it is - legislating people into second-class citizenship based on their property, not on behaviour - and throw it into the trash. Do you think perhaps that Bryant doesn't want to be taking the heat when his "pit bull" ban bursts into flames? Bet he and the Fibs were and continue to be surprised at the organized and ongoing "little people" opposition to this particular piece of $@!!.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Dis 'n dat
I'm cheating, aggregating instead of writing......
Wag The Dog has info on an investigation of where HSUS donations go, and on Michael Bryant's latest strange behaviour.
KC Dog Blog has new posts, the author is always interesting.
I Can Has Cheezburger has a funny little online game, a great timewaster. Scroll down to near the bottom of the page, look for NomNomNom4Fud.
Always good stuff on the Pet Connection blog.
Remember to click on The Animal Rescue Site to feed shelter animals, and then vote for the rescue of your choice.
Now back to our regular programming...
Wag The Dog has info on an investigation of where HSUS donations go, and on Michael Bryant's latest strange behaviour.
KC Dog Blog has new posts, the author is always interesting.
I Can Has Cheezburger has a funny little online game, a great timewaster. Scroll down to near the bottom of the page, look for NomNomNom4Fud.
Always good stuff on the Pet Connection blog.
Remember to click on The Animal Rescue Site to feed shelter animals, and then vote for the rescue of your choice.
Now back to our regular programming...
Monday, May 11, 2009
Bryant's off the chain again.
Wag The Dog has a nice piece on this Fib's latest foray into....
Someone please explain to me....
1. How a man who couldn't pick a "pit bull" from a series of pictures, even when coached, is going to pick "successful businesses"?
2. If a business is successful, why does it need my tax dollars?
3. If a business isn't successful, why should it be propped up with my tax dollars?
4. What happened to the big freakin' surplus the McGuinty Fibs were trumpeting not so long ago? Where did the dollars go???
5. Why is Bryant trumpeting government as "impactful" (a non-word that kinda sorta makes me wanna hurl) when its impact has been only negative?
More bloody Fiberal nanny-state nonsense. The Fibs are chewing further and further into our right to govern our own lives.
Read the Toronto Sun articles Investment Advice For Dummies and A liberal state of mind, and ask yourself why Dalton McGuinty keeps backing away from Bryant's public pronouncements.
If there were any Fibs in my family, I'd disown them. For overweening arrogance bolstered by matchless stupidity.
Fibs disprove Darwin; I'll never figure out how they survive natural selection.
Someone please explain to me....
1. How a man who couldn't pick a "pit bull" from a series of pictures, even when coached, is going to pick "successful businesses"?
2. If a business is successful, why does it need my tax dollars?
3. If a business isn't successful, why should it be propped up with my tax dollars?
4. What happened to the big freakin' surplus the McGuinty Fibs were trumpeting not so long ago? Where did the dollars go???
5. Why is Bryant trumpeting government as "impactful" (a non-word that kinda sorta makes me wanna hurl) when its impact has been only negative?
More bloody Fiberal nanny-state nonsense. The Fibs are chewing further and further into our right to govern our own lives.
Read the Toronto Sun articles Investment Advice For Dummies and A liberal state of mind, and ask yourself why Dalton McGuinty keeps backing away from Bryant's public pronouncements.
If there were any Fibs in my family, I'd disown them. For overweening arrogance bolstered by matchless stupidity.
Fibs disprove Darwin; I'll never figure out how they survive natural selection.
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