If you want to read more on Canadian Animal Cruelty Laws, here's a link:

Animal Cruelty Laws In Canada

There was a recent surge of interest in animal cruelty because of a case involving a kitten being set of fire and dumped. The kitten was named Krista and now Canadians are trying to pass a much stonger fine and sentence structure when animal cruelty is involved.

Here's the link for more info:

Krista's Law