Ostriches won reprieve from cull when Supreme Court of Canada took up the case OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada––A forthcoming Supreme Court of Canada verdict concerning the fate of nearly 400 ostriches may be the biggest decision of the court in an animal-related case in close to six years. The verdict will hinge upon whether the Supreme […]
Passed on: a Kenyan hero, others who served, & a questionable Canadian
Mwachofi Ngonyo, among the last of the Tsavo Watha “The curtain has fallen for a great man in conservation!” emailed Africa Network for Animal Welfare founder Josphat Ngonyo on September 5, 2021. “Please join me,” Josphat Ngonyo asked, “in celebrating the life of my uncle and father figure Mwachofi Ngonyo. “He was among the last of […]
Holy cow! Humane Society of Canada loses last bid to keep tax-exempt status
Canadian Revenue Agency finds speculating in comic books “inappropriate” TORONTO, Ontario––Losing a last appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, the Humane Society of Canada appears to be on the verge of losing tax-exempt status, nine years after flunking a Canadian Revenue Agency audit over alleged misuse of donated funds by Michael O’Sullivan, the […]
Humane Society of Canada stripped of charitable status
President allegedly bought comic books with society money OTTAWA––The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal on August 19, 2015 upheld a November 17, 2014 decision to revoke the charitable registration of the Humane Society of Canada, formally called the Humane Society of Canada for the Protection of Animals and the Environment. An advocacy organization, the […]