According to my Toronto Correspondent, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have slaughtered 99 of their own rescue pets! And another 250 are waiting to be killed!
All of the animals were up for adoption; some had been reserved by happy families who had scheduled dates to take their new pets home.
According to the OSPCA, which is only too happy to step in and prosecute what IT considers cruel, the reason for this "cull" is... (wait for it)... an outbreak of RINGWORM! And even healthy animals are scheduled to be put down.
OSPCA's loyal staff and volunteers have kidnapped and purloined 15 doggies and cats... but the fate of the other 236 hangs in the balance. A temporary stop on the slaughter has been ordained while the organization try to solve the PR nightmare they've brought down on themselves...
Ringworm, apparently, is too serious a disease to bother treating in a humane way.
Well that being so, let's hope the OSPCA's director catches it, then someone can chop her head off and see how she likes it!
Toronto Star report
Toronto Sun report
OSPCA's website
