STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY

Each Stop Animal Cruelty Ribbon is $15 inc 5% GST as well as shipping and handling
Standard size - 3.8" x 8"

If you'd like to purchase a ribbon, please BUY NOW through the PAYPAL link below.

Already picked up your own ribbon and wish to donate instead? Click on the DONATE button through PAYPAL below.

Please help Pawzitively Loved Animal Care Professionals do what we can to help animals who can't help themselves!

Mission

The Stop Animal Cruelty Magnetic Ribbons were designed by the Love Your Pet Corporation to raise awareness of the ongoing problem of animal abuse in our province, country and the world.

“We found that Albertans are not aware of the current situations surrounding animal abuse in our province and we want people to start getting involved by speaking out and learning about the legislation. Our ultimate goal is to reach enough people to change our legislation. If everyone was more aware of the signs of animal abuse and the link between animal cruelty and domestic violence, hopefully we would do more to prevent the cycle of violence by amending our laws and stopping violence before it starts. love Your Pet Corporation is in the process making Baby Blue the International Colour of the Fight Against Animal Cruelty. It's a fight we won't give up on!”
- Constance Burlock, Owner, Love Your Pet

Currently, Love Your Pet Corporation is fundraising to create an Animal Rehabilitation Centre for victims of animal cruelty. To contribute to this cause, please click the PAY PAL donate button on this page.

“We want to provide a safe and loving place for animals from a variety of situations such as puppy mills, hoarding cases, domestic abuse situations, dog fighting rings among other situations. In addition, we want to provide a final retirement home to senior animals so they do not have to end their life in a shelter environment. Most of these animals give their entire lives full of loyalty to one family and are left alone in a shelter with nobody to help them as they age or are euthanized.”
- Carly Schick, Animal Care Professional with Love Your Pet

“There are so many injustices going on with retired racehorses going to the slaughter house and pets being dumped on the side of the highway. Our dream is to save each and every life that we can.”
- Rose Burlock, Animal Care Professional with Love Your Pet.

The Problem

Our current legislation provides no protection for stray, wild or feral animals and fails to provide added protection for law enforcement animals. As it stands now, animals are still considered property and therefore are not afforded the basic treatment that they deserve.

Puppy mills and training animals for the purpose of fighting is still considered legal. Canada's national animal cruelty legislation hasn't been significantly updated since 1892 and is extremely difficult to enforce. Currently, less than 1/4 of 1% of animal abuse complaints lead to successful convictions.

For more information on Animal Welfare please research the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Canada is one of the last countries to effectively rewrite their laws so that we can successfully charge abusers. So far, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand provide more defined protection.

The media only shows a portion of abuse that is occurring each and every day in our province. Every day hundreds of animals are taken into shelters around Alberta. They end up there for any number of reasons.

“I remember for the last two summers, we had anywhere from 80 to 90 animals each day being brought into the Calgary Humane Society. A huge contributor to these numbers was the puppy mills all around Alberta.”
- Lori Meldrum, Animal Care Professional for Love Your Pet

Although pet stores claim to not purchase from puppy mills, Humane Societies from all over the world project that a vast majority of all puppies in pet stores are from mills. The fact of the matter is that reputable breeders would NOT sell to a pet store. A responsible breeder wants to know where each puppy goes and what type of home they are going into. Over the past decade the puppy mill industry has increased in Canada.

Please find the following information on the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies'.

In 1995, Agriculture Canada implemented legislation to limit the number of puppies that are being imported from the United States. Unfortunately, this decrease in imported U.S. puppies has created a demand which resulted in more Canadian mills.

Once again, please help Love Your Pet Animal Care Professionals help the animals out there that cannot help themselves - DONATE TODAY!

YOU CAN HELP

Click on the links below to DONATE via PAYPAL or purchase a Stop Animal Cruelty Ribbon for yourself or another animal lover!

Do not purchase animals from Pet Stores
Become more informed about your legislation
Speak out when you see acts of animal cruelty and report abuse to your local Humane Society
Show your support in local rallies and public awareness gatherings. To keep posted on our current rallies and events email us
Donate to your local rescue or Humane Society (Canada does not provide government funding for most shelters)
Spay or Neuter your animal to prevent contributing to overpopulation
Sign the online petition to support Bill C-373
Write to your MP

Additional Information

Here are some links to learn more about Alberta's Animal Cruelty issues:

Bill C-373

More Legislation Facts:
Information on Puppy Mills: