(CA) Toronto Humane Society to open doors to public
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were locked amid allegations of animal cruelty, a spokesman says staff
at the embattled downtown shelter are anxious to get back to the
business of rescuing stray and abandoned pets.
The shelter reopens to the public on Monday, five weeks after the
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raided the
building and arrested five senior staffers, including former president
Tim Trow, on a number of charges, including animal cruelty.
Business operations at the shelter, which houses more than a thousand
stray animals, resumed Dec. 29 after a four-week suspension. but
Humane Society spokesman Ian McConachie said the society won't be
meeting its true mandate until it's working with the public again.
"That's always our first priority, to place these animals into new
homes," McConachie said in a phone interview.
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SEE ALSO:
Humane Society to resume cat, dog adoptions
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