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Humane society officials Wilf Patey and Ralph Burton examine a boa constrictor, one of the exotic pets from a Scarborough shop raided yesterday on com(...)
Humane society officials Wilf Patey and Ralph Burton examine a boa constrictor, one of the exotic pets from a Scarborough shop raided yesterday on com(...)

Humane society officials Wilf Patey and Ralph Burton examine a boa constrictor, one of the exotic pets from a Scarborough shop raided yesterday on com(...)

Date9/12/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Humane society officials Wilf Patey and Ralph Burton examine a boa constrictor; one of the exotic pets from a Scarborough shop raided yesterday on complaints of filth and animals running loose. The society seized the pets.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113734F
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
2/15/1983
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
Humane society workers Wilf Patey (left) and Reginald Chapman hold up a Canada goose rescued from oil spill along Sunnyside waterfront. More than 75 d(...)
1/2/1976
Inspector Wilf Patey, stays on the job last night at the Toronto Humane Society after being hit on forehead by a rock
Inspector Wilf Patey, stays on the job last night at the Toronto Humane Society after being hit on forehead by a rock
9/19/1973
Humane Society Inspector Wilf Patey holds two make peacocks he captured last night on Balliol St
Humane Society Inspector Wilf Patey holds two make peacocks he captured last night on Balliol St
9/16/1973
For 16 years,. Humane Society inspector Wilf Patey has been feeding the ducks and Canada geese along the Toronto waterfront each winter as part of his(...)
For 16 years,. Humane Society inspector Wilf Patey has been feeding the ducks and Canada geese along the Toronto waterfront each winter as part of his(...)
2/2/1976
Goodness snake! 10-year-old Zachart Vilpors is attached to his pet boa constrictor, Danger - and another household pet, Stickly, seems to regard him w(...)
Goodness snake! 10-year-old Zachart Vilpors is attached to his pet boa constrictor, Danger - and another household pet, Stickly, seems to regard him w(...)
10/17/1979
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
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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
2/12/1980
Looking after visiting pets, Lydia Chornewich, 18, works for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, in the pet park, run by the Ontario Humane Society, Reader wishes other places provided same service
Looking after visiting pets, Lydia Chornewich, 18, works for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, in the pet park, run by the Ontario Humane Society, Reader wishes other places provided same service
7/14/1975
Great Snaks! Jim Lovisek, a reptile expert who works in association with the Royal Ontario Museum, introduces a boa constrictor to pupils at Scarborough's Gooderham Junior Public School
Great Snaks! Jim Lovisek, a reptile expert who works in association with the Royal Ontario Museum, introduces a boa constrictor to pupils at Scarborough's Gooderham Junior Public School
6/15/1981
Live fox taken in Metro. Toronto Humane Society Inspector Wilfred Patey conducted a fox hunt in Metro yesterday and came back with a live one, as the (...)
Live fox taken in Metro. Toronto Humane Society Inspector Wilfred Patey conducted a fox hunt in Metro yesterday and came back with a live one, as the (...)
4/18/1966
Roy Sherritt and his chihuahua, Bamby, are still together - even though the rules of a senior citizens' apartment building in Mississauga prohibit pets. Dr. Kenneth Easton of Ontario Humane Society got the rule waived for Bamby.
Roy Sherritt and his chihuahua, Bamby, are still together - even though the rules of a senior citizens' apartment building in Mississauga prohibit pets. Dr. Kenneth Easton of Ontario Humane Society got the rule waived for Bamby.
6/6/1973