Thousands of Dogs Arrive in Canada, a New Haven for the Unwanted

In the recent issue of MacLeans, Charlie Gillis illuminates a thorny issue:

'How Canada Became a Haven for the World's Unwanted Dogs'. 

This is must reading for anyone involved in the Urban Animal Industry and especially those involved in the Pet Experience Project.

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You are excused from reading, if you can answer the following questions:

• Where are the dogs coming from? 
• Who is adopting them? 
• Why are they adopted instead of shelter animals in Canada?
• What health regulations govern these imports?
• Why don't these adopters favor homing a Canadian purebred?
• Who is funding the transfers?
• Why aren't the problems dealt with in the country of origin?

Barbara Cartwright, Executive Director of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, responds and poses some questions of her own.

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