PO-2461

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to records about pound facilities in the City of Toronto, for the period of June 17, 2003 to February 9, 2004. Specifically, the requester sought access to the following:

1. Records of all pound inspections of all pound facilities in the City of Toronto;
   
2. Copies of all correspondence relating to the provision of animal care, control and pound services in the City of Toronto;
3. Information on which City of Toronto pounds send animals to research facilities, and complete records of the number of animals requisitioned to be sent to research facilities.

Regarding part 3, the request indicated that it includes "all specifics including but not necessarily limited to dates, age, sex, breed, the eventual use and disposition of pound animals, to which research facilities the animals were sent in each instance, the stated purpose of the research to be carried out and copies of the requisition forms".

• 14(1)(i)
• 15(b)
• 17(1)(c)
• FIPPA