330 Animals to be Unnecessarily DESTROYED! Please Contact OSPCA

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This is just sheer, grotesque, unjustified, carnage -- please flood these people

with protests! These poor souls should not be slaughtered over a RINGWORM

outbreak!!!

 

 

Contact Anne Buonaiuto, Executive Assistant to CEO for the Ontario / Newmarket

OSPCA:

 

EMAIL: abuonaiuto

 

Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals TOLL-FREE number:

1-888-668-7722

 

 

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~Animals At Newmarket Shelter To Be Euthanized Over Next Few Days~

 

http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/76732--animals-at-newm\

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The OSPCA says it's being forced to euthanize most of the animals at its

Newmarket shelter due to a ringworm outbreak.

 

Ringworm is a parasitic skin fungus that is contagious among humans and highly

contagious in animals. The problem resulted in the decision to put down all 350

dogs, cats and other small animals at the facility. The fungi cause small raised

patches on the skin, hair loss in the area and itching. Ringworm is treatable,

but in a shelter environment it's apparently very hard to control.

 

Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) officials have

confirmed the shelter’s manager was fired 10 days ago because of the outbreak.

The problem started in March and officials say it could have been contained if

protocols were followed properly.

 

Officials said the decision to put the animals down was a " last

resort " . " We are planning on having an information session for volunteers at

9am, " OSPCA spokeswoman Alison Cross said Tuesday.

" We understand that there are many questions out there, concerns, misinformation

and we want to clarify all that. "

 

Toronto Humane Society President Bob Hambley claims the agency

isn't telling the whole story. “The OSPCA has not provided adequate

explanations as to the reasoning behind this decision,†Hambley said in a

statement released Monday night.

 

" This type of action to respond to a treatable condition such as

ringworm is unprecedented. The OSPCA is taking the easy solution rather

than working to save animals lives. "

 

The shelter has been closed and the animals will be put down over the next few

days. The OSPCA expects the shelter to reopen once it has been sterilized.

Security guards have also been brought in to monitor the facility while the

animals are put down.

 

" It was just a safety issue, " Cross said. " Everybody's working

really, really well with it and we haven't had any concerns. "

It was initially believed that all the animals in the shelter would

have to be put down, but it now appears that around 20 animals can be

saved.

 

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Man IS superior to every other being...in his ability to excuse away

those parts of himself too vile for self-examination.

 

~Brennan Browne~