This guide addresses steps that you may take if your animal has been the victim of malpractice or negligence. Animal Justice Canada is not able to assist with matters of a personal or individual nature. These guides are prepared to…
Read More »Steven Helfer, a 24-year-old Ottawa man, was charged with one count of criminal harassment, two counts of assault with a weapon, and one count of maiming a dog. Helfer had been living with his mother, Ms. Lacroix, until July 2013 when she moved…
Read More »This is an application for judicial review in which the applicant seeks to set aside orders requiring the applicant to pay certain costs to the OSPCA for the care of the applicant’s horses. This application is based on two grounds:…
Read More »The plaintiff (Hunter) claims that he is entitled to punitive and aggravated damages from the OSPCA for trespass to land and chattels, conversion, negligent investigation, and as a remedy for alleged section 8 Charter breaches. He also seeks reimbursement for…
Read More »The Applicant is the subject of an Order issued by the Medical Officer of Health, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit to relinquish the animal known as “X” to the North Bay Humane Society to be euthanized, under section…
Read More »An application for judicial review of two regulations authorizing the Minister of Natural Resources to reinstitute a spring bear hunt in eight Wildlife Management Units (“WMU”) in northern Ontario and of the Minister’s decision implementing the hunt in the form…
Read More »This is an appeal by Mr. Pryor from the decision of the Animal Care Review Board. He asked that the decision of the Board be set aside and that the affected animals be returned to him. The SPCA received a…
Read More »The appellant, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is appealing the decision which granted judgment in favour of the respondent, Kenneth Hunter—awarding him damages in the total amount of $11,926.83 under s. 24(1) of the Canadian…
Read More »This is an appeal for a sentence imposed on the appellant for being convicted of cruelty to animals under the Criminal Code. The Court found that further incarceration was required and imposed a sentence of nine months. The Court also…
Read More »The applicants operated a kennel under a licence granted to them by the respondent. Their licence was revoked by the respondent in November of 2012. The applicants claim that they were the victims of discrimination because of their religious beliefs.…
Read More »This is a motion by the OSPCA to quash an appeal made by the appellant (Bevan). The sole issue is whether the appellant has a right of appeal from the order of a Superior Court Judge under section 18 of…
Read More »The accused, T.B., was charged with numerous counts. In regard to animals: it was alleged that he committed an assault on two individuals, using a weapon, to wit, a dog, contrary to s. 267(a) of the Criminal Code of Canada.…
Read More »This is the sentencing of the accused, David Young, on charges of arson, threatening to commit arson, and killing cattle. Young was alleged to be part of a motorcycle gang and was arrested in connection with a threat to burn…
Read More »This an application by the accused Freymond and Cheffins to exclude evidence obtained against them because their rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were violated. Freymond was charged with with being the owner of 29 dogs and…
Read More »This is the sentencing of the accused, Parent, for causing unnecessary suffering to his dog. He unnecessarily docked his dog’s tail causing considerable suffering. However, he had no criminal record and there was no evidence that had been deliberately abusive…
Read More »This is an appeal by Kathy Singh from her conviction and sentence for wilful neglect of a domestic cat in her care under section 446(1)(c) of the Criminal Code. Singh operated a pet shelter where animals could be brought for…
Read More »This is an appeal from a decision where the appellant was convicted of a charge that he did wilfully cause unnecessary injury to an animal, to wit, a dog, by using a firearm to wound it, contrary to s. 402(1)(a)…
Read More »The accused, Madeleine Girard, was charged with failing to comply with the standards of care, contrary to the Ontario Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals, Section 11.1(1): every person who owns or has custody or care of an…
Read More »The applicant, Hunter, brought an application requesting (a) all evidence gathered during the October 14th and 15th, 2010 search of his property be excluded; (b) all orders of the OSPCA subsequent to that search be declared null and void; (c)…
Read More »This is an application by the accused, Hunter, for a Charter remedy based on a violation of his right against unreasonable search and seizure. The accused faced a series of charges under the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty…
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