Born Free USA

It was close to a quarter of a century ago that a group of us, then working with a local humane society, began to fight one of the most insidious pieces of provincial legislations there was, popularly known as “pound seizure”. What made the fight so difficult was this: In Ontario research facilities could only requisition from pounds and shelters certain types of animals (usually dogs) as identified by such characteristics as age, size, gender and so on. But the pounds and shelters did NOT have

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It was close to a quarter of a century ago that a group of us, then working with a local humane society, began to fight one of the most insidious pieces of provincial legislations there was, popularly known as “pound seizure”. What made the fight so difficult was this: In Ontario research facilities could only requisition from pounds and shelters certain types of animals (usually dogs) as identified by such characteristics as age, size, gender and so on. But the pounds and shelters did NOT have

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