Credit: Animal Justice
St. Joseph’s Health Care says the dogs have been moved to a ”trusted and fully accredited organization” where they will receive care and training before adoption.
In a statement, St. Joseph’s emphasized that the name of the organization will not be released to protect the dogs’ wellbeing and encourage successful adoptions.
“The public has spoken really loud and clearly that they want to see adoptions and they want to see transparency around the fate of the dogs.” says Camille Labchuk, lawyer and executive director of Animal Justice.
Six dogs have been moved to a chosen organization Wednesday morning, with the remaining two expected to be moved shortly, officials said.
”The dogs touched a public nerve, I think that there’s not a single person who read their story whose heart wasn’t affected by them. That includes Premier Doug Ford, who’s promised to end cat and dog research in Canada as a result of what he learned about the testing going on with these dogs.” Labchuk says.
The story is still developing.
