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kj v- c f i 4 i i fj wa 5 f ef s yam vluaihi 2ht bis fxc thptribone mayj 1997 pi 9 fio society for me prevention of cruelty to animok be kind to animals week may 4 to 1 0 elty is when people don- 1 provide necessities for animals cartwright features the 1995 annual eport for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is nd the stats are staggering the 17 fulltime t and the i r i lb occasional agents who work at mated humane societies across the province responded animals 934 people were issued orders to do some thing to relieve the distress of animals newmarket mt 35 people were charged for cruelty to animals most often neglect v w h e re people do not do the things that supply the animal with the bare necessities of life he said food shelter the poodle was later adopted and gets water and veterinarian ii o o animals had to be removed from the premise in order to total relieve wj dls tress groomed regularly 1 h i s mm looker like the time he found a dog frozen to the floor of its house it had been neglected in winter on occasion when there wasnt anything the inspectors and agents could do the ani malshad to be put down test at the press time the 1996 annual report was not available xv7v cruelty is more also neglect this he couldnt go to than physical poodle was so the bathroom abuse its matted that number is inflated because there few examples uii 13972 cases oi coud be 30 goats or a iiter of 0nk 45 per cent of those people who were puppies removed from one fc sometimes inspectors had were claimed by their owner or about property said chef inspector to deal with situations where the adopted shelter stats for 1996 f shelters across the province took in 23363 strays e a last year abused or neglected j looker of the spca in animal had already died said y j avoid buying pet from puppy mill research breed and conditions that puppy was raised in by lisa cartwright features inspector debby hunt was in owen sound investigating a suspect- edpuppy mill entering a darken trailer she turned on her flashlight and shone it into a cage what she found was unbelievable inside one of the cages was a small dog with pro truding teeth and a chin that was worn away by rubbing it on the cage he had been in for the last eight years the ontario spca res cued the dog and named him chewy he was adopted out but like in most puppy mill cases he has numerous medical problems thats because a puppy broker isnt interested in healthy dogs just a healthy profit for himself she said the markup is tremen dous in most scenarios a puppy broker goes to the 1 states or up north and buys a shitipoo and pays 30 ah said in done the pet store has a 500 price tag and because the puppy broker wants quick results he often breeds dogs with diseases and deformities which are then passed onto the puppies but a house full of dogs isnt the only type of puppy mill six bitches and male dog kept in terrible condi tions is a puppy mill too said hunt its not illegal to sell puppies or dogs it becomes criminal when food water and vet care isnt provided and if people are will ing to do a little work before buying a puppy spotting a puppy mill dog is easy said hunt chewy 4t ask to see the conditions of a whelping box jp ask to see both parents of the puppy mt look at where the ani mal lives get a his tory of the dog you are buying people need to sit down with a breeder and ask questions if the owners are not willing to answer ques tions go to someone who will and if people think they have found a puppy mill they should call the humane society the public are our eyes and ears if people suspect some thing is not right call us we do have the authority to investigate donate time money the ontario spca doesnt receive any gov ernment grants instead i the society whose mandate is to prevent animal cruelty relies on donations from the public the spca accepts money from a variety of sources s donations legacies wills investment incomes fund rais ing income operations shelters fee 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