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Snarly protest: Animal trainer Mike Klingbell takes exception to a proposed North York ban on exotic animals and, to prove they can be tamed, he brought a 150-pound cougar to the legislation committe
Snarly protest: Animal trainer Mike Klingbell takes exception to a proposed North York ban on exotic animals and, to prove they can be tamed, he brought a 150-pound cougar to the legislation committe

Snarly protest: Animal trainer Mike Klingbell takes exception to a proposed North York ban on exotic animals and, to prove they can be tamed, he brought a 150-pound cougar to the legislation committe

Date3/11/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129019F
Trainer Mike Klingbell with Maria, cat in the tang commercial
Trainer Mike Klingbell with Maria, cat in the tang commercial
10/12/1978
Zoo's pride: Employee Scott Deverill checks some of his charges, three lions which must be sold, along with about 300 other exotic animals and their home, the Wasaga Beach Zoo
Zoo's pride: Employee Scott Deverill checks some of his charges, three lions which must be sold, along with about 300 other exotic animals and their home, the Wasaga Beach Zoo
11/22/1980
Beware of beastie: This 4-year-old alligator is one of 100 exotic animals in Stan Mazur's private Parkdale collection, which includes a deadly spitting cobra, rattlesnakes and vipers
Beware of beastie: This 4-year-old alligator is one of 100 exotic animals in Stan Mazur's private Parkdale collection, which includes a deadly spitting cobra, rattlesnakes and vipers
6/14/1982
Adams takes an animals' eye-view
Adams takes an animals' eye-view
2/13/1979
Vet and pet: Dr. Donald MacDonald warns pet owners against believing all those rumors about animals. Here he smiles at a stray six-week-old puppy, brought in with an injured eye and now in good shape again.
Vet and pet: Dr. Donald MacDonald warns pet owners against believing all those rumors about animals. Here he smiles at a stray six-week-old puppy, brought in with an injured eye and now in good shape again.
7/22/1983
The animals meet the animals, Quesar the moose arrives at Ontario Place yesterday as workers take it to its grazing site at a wilderness lake. And a merry group of costumed characters follow
The animals meet the animals, Quesar the moose arrives at Ontario Place yesterday as workers take it to its grazing site at a wilderness lake. And a merry group of costumed characters follow
6/26/1985
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
10/8/1987
A by-law for restraining and regulating the running at large of animals, defining the duties of pound keepers, fixing the amount of fees to be taken b(...)
A by-law for restraining and regulating the running at large of animals, defining the duties of pound keepers, fixing the amount of fees to be taken b(...)
1860
Toronto Hospital's Dr. Jim Kenyon favors using doomed animals from pounds for research.
Toronto Hospital's Dr. Jim Kenyon favors using doomed animals from pounds for research.
5/8/1991
CNE Coliseum was only one-third full last night when Eric Burdon, left, brought the Animals to Toronto-and the 2,000 who did turn up had trouble seein(...)
CNE Coliseum was only one-third full last night when Eric Burdon, left, brought the Animals to Toronto-and the 2,000 who did turn up had trouble seein(...)
3/24/1968
Petitions signed by 175,000 persons opposed to a proposed Ontario law that would require Humane Societies to turn over unclaimed animals to scientific(...)
Petitions signed by 175,000 persons opposed to a proposed Ontario law that would require Humane Societies to turn over unclaimed animals to scientific(...)
3/25/1969
Sit-down protest: Pat Lawrence is removed from lobby U of T Medical Sciences Buildings where she protested the use of animals for medical experimentation last month
Sit-down protest: Pat Lawrence is removed from lobby U of T Medical Sciences Buildings where she protested the use of animals for medical experimentation last month
4/24/1991