Animals deserve protection

RE: ONTARIO APPEALING DECISION THAT FOUND OSPCA’S POWERS TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, FEB. 1

The OSPCA’s enforcement powers have been taken away by an Ontario court which states they’re opaque, insular, unaccountable, subject to external influence and unconstitutional.

Why wasn’t legislation updated with the training and resources already established transferred to a higher level?

Any time legislative protection is taken away there will always be a measure of no conscience, with people believing it’s their constitutional right to do as they please with no regard to the unnecessary tragedy ensuing. This recessively evolved confidence is reinforced as no authority enforcement intervenes.

Whether they’re endangered species, pets, guide dogs, canine units, livestock or other animals, these vulnerable innocent creatures continue to teach us, provide for us, protect us and feed our ecological balance.

One hundred years ago and beyond horses plowed crops, delivered mail, pulled lumber from scratch for building, policed streets, transported people to critical situations — they even died in battle fighting wars.

Suffice to say the world’s progress is due largely in part to animals. They deserve better.

Deborah Sims

St. Catharines