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economist suntribune opinion thursday march 7 2002 time for province to strengthen animal cruelty laws the press release read just as the ontario society for prevention to cruelty to animal staff administered examinations and grooming to 34 dogs rescued from a farm near alliston another 24 dogs from the same farm arrived at the whitchurch- stouffvillebased animal centre this was not a onceina lifetime event last summer a story published in york region newspapers read an endless stream of quiv ering anxious little dogs entered the small grooming room most submitted to brush ing clipping and bathing with nary a whimper too scared to resist many shiv ered violently some defecat ed as we held them in our arms this press release focused on the needs of the 180 dogs rescued from a vaughan farm such a sad story not only reminded us of peoples inhumanity towards people but our inhumanity towards puppies some dogs from the vaughan puppy mill raid were too sick to help and had to be put down after a great deal of work skill and tender loving care the good people at the ospca were able to return most of the pup pies to reasonable health when word spread that 180 little dogs had landed on the doorstep of the j u s t- op e n e d ospca headquar ters the public rallied people arrived at the woodbine avenue shelter and lined up to donate cash dog food blankets and to fill out adoption applications the jury is no longer out for the most part people care about each other and about the well being of ani mals its also obvious that existing laws regarding cru elty to animals arent doing the job since the ospca saw fit to put its anchor down in our backyard residents across the region seem to rise to the occasion to share the responsibility as a community lets stand up for the dogs once again were not only being asked to help by making financial donations and adopting the 54shelties its also obvious that existing laws regarding cruelty to animals arent doing the job joan ransberry cockapoos and terriers we can also help lobby the provincial government to toughen existing laws linked to abuse in animals no doubt we all agree those responsible for the abuse must be made accountable if as recommended they are adopted amendments to the federal governments bill c15b will accomplish the following make it an offense to brutally or viciously kill any animals make it an offense to abandon or fail to provide suitable and adequate food water air shelter and care for an animal remove animal cruelty from the property crimes section of the criminal code recognizing animals are liv ing beings that feel pain toughen penalties for convictions of animal cruel ty by increasing the existing 2000 fine to an unlimited amount to be determined by a judge increasing jail time from six months to five years since bill c- 15b is up for third reading in the house of commons it will be passed soon while former minister 6f justice anne mclcllan has shown leadership in urging her government to put some teeth in existing animal cru elty laws the ontario gov ernment has basically sat idle stalling on real and meaningful amendments to the ospca act which would greatly help investigations join me in appealing to mpps across york region to strengthen the laws linked to animal cruelty in the light of the latest puppy mill raid an immedi ate provincial governmental response is in order keep in mind last summer the ospca removed more than 500 dogs from puppymills enough is enough call your mpr asthma we can help call the lung association lung association doreens oldfashioned fwe sell lots of- fresh asparagus because a wealways buy the very best quality available bwe take lots of care in handling it which translates into the best eating enjoyment arid c we charge a fair price v v- t j v j a a this is one of our more popula meat counter preparations we begin with bur chicken breasts ad flatten them so theyll cook quickly we bread them with egg crumbs and a french herb seasoning and 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