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Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court
Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court

Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court

Date11/15/1977
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  • Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court.
  • Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court
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Original Toronto Star caption: Leg-hold trap: Humane societies say the trap violates the Criminal Code and threaten to take Ottawa to court.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018162F
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      Trap victim Toronto Humane Society officials Graham Henderson (left) and Claude Besner examine a coonhound -- ready to give birth any day -- who had a paw caught in a painful leg-hold trap
      Trap victim Toronto Humane Society officials Graham Henderson (left) and Claude Besner examine a coonhound -- ready to give birth any day -- who had a paw caught in a painful leg-hold trap
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      Maurice Cowper-Smith of Toronto Humane Society seeks support of bill banning leg-hold traps
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      Inspector Leonard Addison of the Toronto Humane Society, says these traps are cruel - bu the Borough of York dog pound uses them against skunks . .
      Inspector Leonard Addison of the Toronto Humane Society, says these traps are cruel - bu the Borough of York dog pound uses them against skunks . .
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      James, Norman
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      On target, Trap shooter Susan Nattrass holds Gerald Gladstone sculpture she received for outstanding amateur athletic achievement last night as the pr(...)
      On target, Trap shooter Susan Nattrass holds Gerald Gladstone sculpture she received for outstanding amateur athletic achievement last night as the pr(...)
      Griffin, Doug
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      Don't bug me: Sam Bryks, supervisor of pest control for the Metro Toronto Housing Authority, left, and employee Dave Greer check roach traps at 90 Mornelle Court in Scarborough
      Don't bug me: Sam Bryks, supervisor of pest control for the Metro Toronto Housing Authority, left, and employee Dave Greer check roach traps at 90 Mornelle Court in Scarborough
      Dunlop, Al
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      Testing a rolled trap, Glen Abbey designer Jack Nicklaus blasts out of a trap in yesterday's practive for today's opening round of the Canadian Open g(...)
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      Setting trap: Joe Carreiro scoops up a handful of corn and wheat placed on airport lands to help determine the best areas to trap the herd of deer
      Setting trap: Joe Carreiro scoops up a handful of corn and wheat placed on airport lands to help determine the best areas to trap the herd of deer
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