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The act of transporting animals creates a high risk both for animal suffering and for susceptibility to and transfer of disease
Ontario heartworm epidemic linked to thousands of imported dogs Author
By Ontario Landowners Association Sunday, October 18, 2009
Jillian Donaghey, a transport driver for Boudreux’s Animal Rescue Krewe estimates between 2,500 to 3,000 Louisiana dogs so far have made the 24 hour trip across the border. Marketed as “death row pooches” or “Katrina Dogs”, the puppies, hot off the transport, are often sold within hours. Some at impromptu “adoptathons” staged in parking lots.
The August 1, 2006 Proposed Amendments to the Health of Animals Regulations Part XII Transportation of Animals authored by the Ontario SPCA, the BC SPCA and the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies and Dr. Terry Whiting among others states: “The act of transporting animals creates a high risk both for animal suffering and for susceptibility to and transfer of disease.” ...
...\From the Toronto Sun: “importing Louisiana dogs has become a fixture with humane societies in Southern Ontario.” “Last year, some 600 dogs from Louisiana reached the Hamilton SPCA, most under eight months old.”
“The puppies, billed as being “rescued,” were sold for adoption by the Hamilton SPCA for $470. each. “Michael O’Sullivan, chairman and CEO of the Humane Society of Canada, says he’s visited the Hamilton SPCA “and I’ve seen these dogs in cages piled on top of one another, waiting to be sold.”...
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