Puppy mills now illegal in Ontario, but advocates say little will change

A dog and her puppies found in a puppy mill in Renfrew County, Ontario are shown in this undated handout image. The province recently made puppy mills illegal in Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Humane Initatitive-Donna Powers

The province's Animal Welfare Services enforces cruelty laws through its inspectors, which number around 100. But there's no new money or specialized puppy mill inspectors to go along with the new rules. Jess Dixon, a Progressive Conservative legislator and former Crown attorney who prosecuted animal welfare cases, helped develop the new law.

Dixon said she was long frustrated as a Crown attorney prosecuting animal cruelty cases, the trials of which can be much longer and significantly more complex than traffic cases heard in the same provincial offences court. The letdown often came during sentencing, she said, where there would be fines for animal cruelty cases that ranged from $200 to $500.

Many called for a dog-breeding licensing regime, something the province is not interested in creating right now.

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