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May 11, 2010

Newmarket, Ontario

Due to greed, ignorance and arrogance 350 healthy animals in

an OSPCA shelter in Newmarket, Ontario were scheduled to be put to death. Public outcry and the courage of a couple of dedicated volunteers, who contacted the media about plans by the

management , brought a halt to the massacre

Unfortunately before it was stopped 102 animals were killed

for no reason. With media involved the death squad needed

an excuse and cited a virulent strain of ringworm as the reason for the decision to kill all the animals. Likened to H1N1 they said

they did it to protect the public from a disease which could conceivably become a public health crisis.

The claim was disproved by the Department of Infectious Disease

for the Municipality of York who inspected the shelter at the time. They publicly stated, after more than 150 environmental tests

run in the facility, there was no proof a virulent strain of

ringworm existed.

Why did the death squad want to kill so many healthy animals?

That question has never been answered. Speculation is there

were renovations planned for the building and it is easier to renovate an empty place than one filled with animals

That day the death squad extinguished the lives of dogs, cats

hamsters and guinea pigs

We must never let something like this happen again and

we must never forget the 102 animals who lost their lives

for no reason other than to be in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people. Each should have been

in a loving home. They didn't have one. They were taken to

a place to be cared for with tender hands until a loving home was found to place them in.

Instead they were betrayed by those who were supposed to look out for their welfare. There were no tender hands for these 102 little souls

Do not let their deaths be in vain

We must do our part to make changes in the way shelters are organized and run

We must not hope that others are doing the right thing. Please take an active interest in what the shelters in your area are like

Demand that those who are responsible municipally, provincially or federally understand that changes need to come

THESE ARE A FEW OF THOSE 102 WHO DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT DAY

TIBBLES

PUMPKIN

AND THE OTHERS

WE WILL NEVER FORGET

YOU ONLY ASKED FOR LOVE AND COMFORT

YOU BROUGHT JOY IN YOUR OWN UNIQUE WAY

YET YOU WERE ABANDONED AND FORGOTTEN

NARY A TENDER TOUCH THAT LAST FATEFUL DAY

SOME FELT YOUR LIFE WAS MEANINGLESS

NO MORE ROOM FOR YOU ON EARTH

THEY LED YOU OFF WITHOUT A THOUGHT

NEVER RECOGNIZING YOUR WORTH

A PRECIOUS SOUL HAS BEEN LOST

WE ALL SHARE SOME OF THE BLAME

YOU DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER

MAN SHOULD HANG HIS HEAD IN SHAME

WE VOW YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN

THROUGH TEACHING AND EDUCATING IN YOUR NAME

WE WILL FIGHT SO OTHERS WON’T SUFFER YOUR FATE

YOUR PASSING WILL NOT BE IN VAIN

SAGO

SUSIE

NIKEDEMAS

ERNIE

PANTHER

PUMPKIN

LILY

BOSTON

SITA

TIBBLES

ALBERT

SUSHI

CHARLIE

SOPHIE

GREY

MAGGIE

FELIX

JOE

PLEASE JOIN US TO HONOR THESE PRECIOUS ANIMALS GONE BEFORE THEIR TIME

WEAR YOUR RAAW BUTTON

IT IS THE PERFECT TOOL TO MAKE OTHERS AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ANIMAL WELFARE

WHEN SOMEONE ASKS WHAT THE 102 REPRESENTS USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM AND TEACH

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Dedicated to the 102 animals killed needlessly by their keepers at the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) in Newmarket Ontario on

May 11, 2010

This is for Sago and the others

betrayed by those who were to care for them