Today, the Crown announced it was dropping all charges against THS staff and directors citing constitutional reasons, apparently related to media involvement and the search warrants. Predictably, the OSPCA is outraged–outraged!!!–at this development and will, as one has to come expect of the OSPCA, be holding a press conference in a really expensive hotel. In an effort to buttress its case in the court of public opinion, the OSPCA has kindly released a bunch of court documents, mostly affidavits. Operating under the assumption that the OSPCA will eventually realize that its documents support the Crown’s decision, I’ve decided to host them here (warning: large file). On a related note, we can read about the summary execution of a huskie at “the new” THS here. As I predicted when the OSPCA first invaded the THS, the “new” THS is rapidly aligning itself with the anti-animal policies of the OSPCA.
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Craig, re: the husky, Icy, whose death haunts many of us, may I offer that the board was devastated when Icy was killed. Please don’t assume that THS is aligning itself with OSPCA which has at least a 50% kill rate. This one was a terrible mistake and they know it. Policy was flawed. It’s my opinion that a needle-happy veterinarian followed the flawed policy. That policy has now been changed, and if it is not, we will be relentless in ensuring that there is complete, 100% clarity that the only reason for ever killing an animal at THS is that s/he is terminally ill AND suffering, or that s/he has a behavioural issue that cannot be redeemed. Every animal there needs to be given the chance to succeed and find a home. A good first step would be to ensure that policy is in place to ensure that rehoming is the default, and if anyone questions that, it had better be a committee who can justify the killing to the members and public.
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