AR-News: (US Canada) Defending the feathered and furry

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

RICK EGLINTON/TORONTO STAR
Cruelty investigator Jason Litoborski, left, looks on as John Dobranski 
cuddles a kitten that was one of 17 rescued from negligence in a single east-end 
Toronto home.

Defending the feathered and furry
Humane Society inspectors rescue animals in trouble 
But lax laws often make a stressful job discouraging

VALERIE HAUCH
STAFF REPORTER

The case Jason Litoborski has never been able to forget came when he was two 
months into his job as a Toronto Humane Society cruelty investigator. 
Litoborski, 25, was looking into a complaint that a man had thrown his dog 
against a fence. He didn't speak English, but Litoborski got a neighbour to 
translate. The man "brought out a Pekingese dog and literally dumped it in front 
of me. 
"The dog smelled horrendous and it was trying to ... crawl forward using its 
front paws." The dog's back legs didn't move. Its hind end had gaping sores 
crawling with maggots.


full story:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article
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"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein

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Male meat-eaters have a 50% chance of dying of a heart attack. Vegetarian men 
have a 4% risk. US vegetarians have cholesterol levels 14% lower than 
meat-eaters; vegans (those who don't consume meat or dairy products) have levels 35% 
lower. JAMA, 1995;274:894











    
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