Animal Welfare Task Force report : Rapport du Groupe de travail sur le bien-être des animaux

On August 9, 2010, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) announced that Dr. Alan H. Meek and the Honourable Patrick LeSage would conduct an independent external review of a reported March 2010 outbreak of ringworm at its York Region animal shelter. The final report of the Meek LeSage Review was released on June 3, 2011. In response, the Animal Welfare Task Force (task force) was immediately formed by the provincial government. The task force consists of provincial ministries and stakeholders with relevant connections to animal sheltering, health and welfare, and related human health issues of public health, and worker health and safety.