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His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter
His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter

His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter

Date12/16/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: His sign says it all - 5 1/2-month-old Patches is waiting at the Toronto Humane Society's South Peel shelter
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0113757F
    Critical of society: Dr. Angelo Filiplic says the humane society's directors are to blame for the spread of disease at the shelter.
    Critical of society: Dr. Angelo Filiplic says the humane society's directors are to blame for the spread of disease at the shelter.
    Russell, Jim
    9/16/1983
    Gee, Mom, you're just great. It's hard to tell whose head is whose as Kahn, a young Bactrian camel, snuggles up to his mother, Patches, at the Metro Z(...)
    Gee, Mom, you're just great. It's hard to tell whose head is whose as Kahn, a young Bactrian camel, snuggles up to his mother, Patches, at the Metro Z(...)
    Bull, Ron
    3/3/1977
    Sean-Robert Gammage wore denim overalls with patches
    Sean-Robert Gammage wore denim overalls with patches
    Power, Peter
    4/1/1991
    Ever-Green: Unsightly patches get a quick touch up with Robert Hodgins' spary color
    Ever-Green: Unsightly patches get a quick touch up with Robert Hodgins' spary color
    Bull, Ron
    6/4/1989
    Back at work after a 4 1/2-month strike, cleaner Maurice Guilbeault finds the animals at the Toronto Humane Society are glad to see him. The dogcatche(...)
    Back at work after a 4 1/2-month strike, cleaner Maurice Guilbeault finds the animals at the Toronto Humane Society are glad to see him. The dogcatche(...)
    Dutton, Don
    2/5/1974
    Calling all aces: Herb Carnegie, 69, a former semi-pro hockey player and athletic director for city of North York, says his Future Aces program is one answer to society's ills
    Calling all aces: Herb Carnegie, 69, a former semi-pro hockey player and athletic director for city of North York, says his Future Aces program is one answer to society's ills
    Carnegie, Herb, 1919-2012
    4/19/1989
    Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
    Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
    Lennon, Frank
    2/15/1983
    Toronto Humane Society workers Jan Pinney, left, and Tricia Ralston say they are becoming increasingly disturbed by the number of animals arriving at the shelter as strays and not being claimed
    Toronto Humane Society workers Jan Pinney, left, and Tricia Ralston say they are becoming increasingly disturbed by the number of animals arriving at the shelter as strays and not being claimed
    Goode, Jeff
    6/2/1978
    Toronto Humane Society President Tim Trow survived of confidence at a d of directors meeting ight, but the controversy the society's operations appears far from over
    Toronto Humane Society President Tim Trow survived of confidence at a d of directors meeting ight, but the controversy the society's operations appears far from over
    Slaughter, Mike
    9/19/1983
    Vicious pup? This 6-week-old puppy bit both ears and a finger off a 2-week-old baby girl in Mississauga but an Ontario Humane Society official says it(...)
    Vicious pup? This 6-week-old puppy bit both ears and a finger off a 2-week-old baby girl in Mississauga but an Ontario Humane Society official says it(...)
    Griffin, Doug
    10/9/1979
    Driving to the dogs. Wards of the Toronto Humane Soceity practised on some of the wheeled toys that will be sold at the society's women's division rum(...)
    Driving to the dogs. Wards of the Toronto Humane Soceity practised on some of the wheeled toys that will be sold at the society's women's division rum(...)
    Griffin, Doug
    3/25/1968
    Cruelty case: Martha Schissler, the Toronto Humane Society's senior cruelty investigator, comforts a mixed-breed dog stabbed in the neck yesterday
    Cruelty case: Martha Schissler, the Toronto Humane Society's senior cruelty investigator, comforts a mixed-breed dog stabbed in the neck yesterday
    Faught, Ken
    3/31/1991