ASUBPEESCHOSEEWAGONG FIRST NATION -- Seventy wild dogs have been rounded up in Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation (Grassy Narrows) and are bound for Southern Ontario.
The transfer is the second largest the Thunder Bay & District Ontario Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals staff have performed, exceeded only by the 76 dogs the OSPCA removed from Naotkamegwanning First Nation (Whitefish Bay) last year.
"The issue right now is there's a lack of spay and neuter programs out there," said OSPCA officer Jeremy Gardiner.
"This is the first part of our programs when we do a large removal and eventually we go up and do a large spay/neuter program."
The animals passed through Thunder Bay and are expected to pass through North Bay on Tuesday where the North Bay & District Humane Society will medically treat those dogs who need it. They will then be sent on to the Sarnia & District Humane Society, whose staff will attempt to find homes for the stray dogs.
"We have an abundance of dogs (in Northwestern Ontario)," Gardiner said,
"Down south, they have a problem getting animals so we might as well transfer them all at the same time and give them a better chance of getting adoptions."
