Toronto Humane Society officers arrested for animal cruelty
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:55 am
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Toronto Humane Society officials arrested, face animal-cruelty charges
Shelter's president, chief veterinarian and three others face criminal charges after Globe and Mail investigation uncovered widespread problems; board of directors also charged with provincial offence of cruelty to animals
Watch video: Humane Society arrests
Mummified cat found in Humane Society ceiling
Provincial agency refuses to step in at shelter
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Kate Hammer
Toronto — From Friday's Globe and Mail
Published on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 3:19PM EST
Last updated on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 10:22PM EST
The Toronto Humane Society’s president and chief veterinarian are facing criminal charges of animal cruelty for running a dysfunctional shelter where animals were allegedly denied food and water and left to die suffering in their cages.
The charges against volunteer president Tim Trow, veterinarian Steve Sheridan and three other senior officials came six months after a Globe and Mail investigation uncovered widespread allegations of problems at the River Street facility.
Toronto police officers and agents from the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals swooped in Thursday afternoon to execute a search warrant and lead five handcuffed men out of a shelter that the OSPCA’s lawyer derided as “disease-infested.”
“These are animals who are just left to die in their cages,” Christopher Avery, a lawyer for the OSPCA, said during the raid. “They’re found dozens at a time, dead in [a] cage, every morning in this building. Dying from cancer, suffocating based on phlegm, these are animals who are starving to death, literally.”
THS spokesman Ian McConachie said the charges were without merit.
“The animals are under excellent veterinary care, they receive all medicines, all treatments, all procedures necessary to make them better,” he said.
“... Animals are not neglected, animals receive food, water, clean bedding and litter boxes every day and the dogs receive three walks every day.”
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Toronto Humane Society officials arrested, face animal-cruelty charges
Shelter's president, chief veterinarian and three others face criminal charges after Globe and Mail investigation uncovered widespread problems; board of directors also charged with provincial offence of cruelty to animals
Watch video: Humane Society arrests
Mummified cat found in Humane Society ceiling
Provincial agency refuses to step in at shelter
Article Video Photos Comments
Kate Hammer
Toronto — From Friday's Globe and Mail
Published on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 3:19PM EST
Last updated on Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 10:22PM EST
The Toronto Humane Society’s president and chief veterinarian are facing criminal charges of animal cruelty for running a dysfunctional shelter where animals were allegedly denied food and water and left to die suffering in their cages.
The charges against volunteer president Tim Trow, veterinarian Steve Sheridan and three other senior officials came six months after a Globe and Mail investigation uncovered widespread allegations of problems at the River Street facility.
Toronto police officers and agents from the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals swooped in Thursday afternoon to execute a search warrant and lead five handcuffed men out of a shelter that the OSPCA’s lawyer derided as “disease-infested.”
“These are animals who are just left to die in their cages,” Christopher Avery, a lawyer for the OSPCA, said during the raid. “They’re found dozens at a time, dead in [a] cage, every morning in this building. Dying from cancer, suffocating based on phlegm, these are animals who are starving to death, literally.”
THS spokesman Ian McConachie said the charges were without merit.
“The animals are under excellent veterinary care, they receive all medicines, all treatments, all procedures necessary to make them better,” he said.
“... Animals are not neglected, animals receive food, water, clean bedding and litter boxes every day and the dogs receive three walks every day.”