The long and often acrimonious debate over amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada with respect to animal cruelty overcame a major hurdle yesterday in the House of Commons, with a large majority of Members of Parliament voting in support of Bill S-203, introduced by Liberal Senator John Bryden of New Brunswick.
The bill, which represents the first advances on this issue in over one hundred years, will provide (Read on …)
ACTION ALERT – April 3, 2008 A vote scheduled for Friday in the House of Commons on federal animal cruelty legislation (Bill S 203) will be critical for people (Read on …)
I had the pleasure of attending a fur harvest management conservation course recently. Head Instructor Stewart Frerotte along with his young students were involved with one of (Read on …)
During our Outdoor Writers of Canada rendezvous at the Toronto Sportsmen Show our guest speaker Shane Mahoney talked about Opportunity for All a DVD highlighting the 7 Sisters for Conservation.
It’s the story of the North America Model for Wildlife Conservation and (Read on …)
KEMPTVILLE — The Ministry of Natural Resources has changed a baitfish provision in response to concerns from the bait industry in eastern Ontario
As of January 1, 2008, it became illegal to use baitfish larger than 13 cm (5.1 in.) in all of Fisheries Management Zone 18 (eastern Ontario). This change was made to limit the practice of gorge fishing, a technique that increases the mortality in released fish, but placed an unforeseen economic challenge on the local baitfish industry.
