In February 2025, Animal Welfare Services seized 16 horses owned by Stephanie Redlick (also known as Stephanie Alessia) from a property in Port Perry, Ontario.

The documented condition of those horses was severe: emaciation, inadequate winter shelter, frozen water, animals standing in heavy manure, open sores — and one horse so compromised he had to be humanely euthanized.

An Animal Welfare Services tribunal ruled the horses would not be returned to her care. She was billed more than $116,000 for their recovery before they became property of the Crown.

In a recent press interview Redlick publicly stated she has no intentions of paying that bill.

As reported by CTV NEWS, Redlick is currently facing multiple criminal charges for theft and fraud in two jurisdictions.

But for the condition of the 16 horses, no Criminal Code charges were laid.

Instead, 13 charges were laid under provincial animal welfare legislation.

The Criminal Code addresses serious neglect and unnecessary suffering.

The documented state of these horses warranted criminal review then — and it still does.

Criminal charges can still be laid.

Use the form below to ask Crown counsel to apply the Criminal Code.

This is a done-for-you email that makes it easy to contact the decision-makers who can bring about criminal charges for Stephanie Redlick for abuse and neglect of the horses who were in her so-called care.

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Subject: Request for Criminal Code Review – Port Perry / Oro-Medonte Horse Seizures

To Whom It May Concern,

I am requesting that this matter be reviewed for charges under sections 445.1(1)(a) and 446(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada in relation to the February 2025 seizure of 16 horses associated with Stephanie Redlick.

Animal Welfare Services seized the horses from a property in Port Perry. However, AWS charges were subsequently laid in both Port Perry and Oro-Medonte jurisdictions.

One horse was in such poor condition that he had to be humanely euthanized.

Documented findings describe horses without adequate shelter in winter conditions, water buckets frozen solid, animals described as emaciated, standing in significant accumulation of manure, picking through their own waste, and suffering from open sores. A tribunal later determined that Ms. Redlick would not have the horses returned to her care.

Section 446(1)(b) of the Criminal Code makes it an offence to fail to provide suitable and adequate food, water, shelter and care.

Section 445.1(1)(a) makes it an offence to wilfully cause, or as an owner permit, unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal.

The legal threshold is not intent to kill, but whether the suffering was foreseeable and preventable.

Where animals are documented as emaciated, exposed to winter conditions without adequate shelter or water, and living in unsanitary and injurious conditions — and where one animal’s condition deteriorates to the point of euthanasia — the circumstances warrant assessment under the Criminal Code rather than regulatory enforcement alone.

I respectfully request confirmation that this matter has been reviewed for Criminal Code prosecution and referred to police and Crown counsel for assessment under sections 445.1 and 446.

Sincerely,

[Name]
[City/Province]
[Contact Information]

Crown Attorneys

Paul K. Tait
Crown Attorney – Simcoe County
Email: Paul.k.tait@ontario.ca
Phone: 905-836-5624

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Elizabeth Stokes
Assistant Crown Attorney – Simcoe County
Email: Elizabeth.Stokes@ontario.ca
Phone: 705-739-6188

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Miriam Villamil-Pallister
Deputy Crown Attorney (Acting)
Email: miriam.villamil@ontario.ca
Phone: 705-739-6188

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Durham Crown Attorney Office (Oshawa) – Office Inbox

Email: VirtualCrownOshawa@ontario.ca

Phone: 905-743-2700

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Simcoe Crown Attorney Office (Barrie) – Office Inbox

Email: VirtualCrownBarrie@ontario.ca

Phone: 705-739-6188

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These Crown prosecutors have authority to assess whether the facts meet the threshold for prosecution under the Criminal Code of Canada.

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Provincial Oversight (Copied on Your Email)

Doug Ford
Premier of Ontario
Email: premier@ontario.ca

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Attorney General of Ontario (Office of the AG)
Email: attorneygeneral@ontario.ca

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The Attorney General oversees the prosecution service in Ontario. Public confidence in the administration of justice falls within this office.

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Michael Kerzner
Solicitor General of Ontario
Email: Minister.solgen@ontario.ca

The Solicitor General oversees policing and enforcement services in Ontario.

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Your Local MPP (If Ontario Postal Code Entered on the Form Above)

If you are an Ontario resident and enter your postal code, your local Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) is automatically copied when using the form above.

Or you can look up your MPP here:

https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/find-your-mpp

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