Toronto Humane Society moves onwards and upwards towards a brighter future

Well, it's all over. For this year, at least.

Better writers than I have captured the essence of the May 31st Toronto Humane Society AGM....check out Pound Dogs, biscuit's summary on Pound Dogs and Tailspin's take.

Time to get back to the business of compassion and caring.

If you can and wish to do so, please donate to the Toronto Humane Society. There are lots of ways to donate.

All for the animals.

My response to Tim Trow's latest communication about Toronto Humane Society....

Update: Pound Dogs has a reasoned, well-written post about how Trow getting back is a slap in the face to needy animals and will probably spell the death of Toronto Humane. Read it here.

Update: Selkie has some great straightforward answers to the nonsense being circulated by the Old Guard who want to reign again at Toronto Humane. Read it here. Read more here and here.

Since both Trow and Hambley are making a run to try to control Toronto Humane again, you should make yourself aware of their behavour at the last AGM they ran. A friend of mine had serious questions that Trow, Hambley et al never even acknowledged, let alone answered.

Update2: Some friends are shredding Trow's white-paper proxy and mailing the shreds back to him. Hey, may as well make use of the stamp.

Here's my response to his letter......


Here's my response to his request for my proxy......


'Nuff said.

Very important for residents of Toronto!

The City of Toronto is looking to cut costs, and the last place costs should be cut or services should be privatized is Toronto Animal Services.

Pound Dogs has an excellent post on the rationale for that statement, read it here.

Then fill out the City's online survey (or get a paper copy), there's a link in Pound Dogs post, and let them know that privatizing animal services will lead to spiralling costs, institutionalize animal abuse, skyrocket the euthanization rates and degrade the City's reputation.

Fight to keep Toronto humane and make Quebec humane

Pound Dogs has an excellent post on the torture inflicted on innocent animals at Berger Blanc in Montreal....and Toronto may not be far behind if its animal control is privatized. Toronto Animal Services has already been partially gutted.

Tell Mayor Rob Ford that you don't want to live in a city with a charnel house instead of animal control.

E-mail: mayor_ford@toronto.ca

Mail:
Office of the Mayor
Toronto City Hall,
2nd Floor,
100 Queen St. West,
Toronto ON M5H 2N2

Phone: 416-397-FORD (3673)
Fax: 416-338-7125

PETA 2010 kill stats are out

To quote Christie Keith of Pet Connection blog.....PETA took in 1,553 cats and killed 1,507 of them, and 792 dogs and killed 693 of them. There are some disappearing animals, too, gone elsewhere with no explanation of their fates. More in her post Hey, PETA: I don't think 'ethical' means what you think it does. Read it and weep.