Rhonda Stebbing and her two cats moved into a condominium in Edmonton in 2010. The condo’s bylaws required written consent by its Board for residents to keep cats. Stebbing made Board approval a condition of her purchase, and her realtor indicated that approval…
Read More »This was an appeal from a summary conviction. The appellant, Kettleson, was convicted of an offence pursuant to s. 446(c) of the Criminal Code. The appellant appeals both his conviction and his sentence. The Court dismissed the appeal on the…
Read More »The two accused, Anthony Bocian and his 18 year old son, Gregory Bocian owned about 100 cattle located on their home farm and another 140 cattle on rented land several miles away. The police, accompanied by a veterinarian, inspected the…
Read More »The accused began trading dogs, as a side business to his farming and ranching. For this business he owned two bitches, which twice a year, became an attraction to male dogs. Evidence stated that for a distance of as much…
Read More »The defendants had been ordered to pay the costs of care of 30 horses and seven dogs seized and taken into custody by the BCSPCA. The defendantds seek an order staying execution of that order until their appeal is heard.…
Read More »This is an 18A application by the BCSPCA following their seizure of 30 horses and seven dogs from the defendants’ property. The BCSPCA seeks an order that the owners of the animals seized pay the Society the costs that have…
Read More »The accused was charged under section 537 of the Criminal Code of wilfully killing a silver black fox which had escaped from its cage. The fox was the property of a fox breeding company, and she escaped during feeding and…
Read More »MacKinnon is charged with causing a horse to be in distress, contrary to section 2(1) of the Animal Protection Act. The accused is not a veterinarian; he was trained in equine dentistry by a non-veterinarian and received some further training…
Read More »The Crown appeals the acquittal of Muhlbach, who owns and operates a cattle farming operation. The Alberta SPCA investigated concerns about cattle treatment on his farm. As a result of those investigations, he was charged with one count of permitting…
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 »The accused destroyed dogs on his property and the Court considered what is lawful justification, and essentially the justification proposed in this case was that the accused sincerely and honestly believed that these dogs were strays and, secondly, that this…
Read More »Mr. Mangels was charged in an information with being the owner of a domestic animal, to wit: cattle, and wilfully neglecting to provide suitable and adequate food and shelter for such cattle, contrary to section 402(1)(c) of the Criminal Code.…
Read More »The applicant (Friesen) brings a motion seeking a declaration that the SSPCA unlawfully entered his property and illegally seized his two dogs in contravention of the Charter and in excess of the authority granted to the SSPCA under The Animal…
Read More »Kowalik is charged with causing or permitting cattle to be in distress contrary to section 4 of The Animal Protection Act. The Crown’s evidence overwhelmingly established beyond a reasonable doubt that many of the cattle for which the accused was responsible…
Read More »This is a joint appeal from summary convictions and sentences from the Provincial Court of Manitoba. Both appellants were jointly convicted of: 1) unlawfuly confining animals (32 dogs) to an enclosure with inadequate ventilation so as to significantly impair the…
Read More »The applicant (Ragnanan) seeks leave to appeal the dismissal of her summary conviction appeal of convictions under The Animal Care Act. The convictions relate to the care and housing of dogs on property that she owned with the co-accused. The…
Read More »The SPCA seeks to be declared a person aggrieved under section 490(17) of the Criminal Code for the purpose of being able to appeal an Order made by Justice of the Peace Langelier in which she ordered two dogs to…
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 accused was charged with 3 counts. (1) Unlawfully committing an offence in that: he did by in person knowingly utter a threat to injure or kill an animal to wit: a dog, contrary to Section 264.1(1)(c) of the Criminal Code.…
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