CITY OF TORONTO

The City of Toronto (the City) received a request under theMunicipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (theAct) for the following information relating to animal care services:

1. which Toronto pounds send animals upon requisition to research facilities (we require all specifics including but not necessarily limited to dates, age, sex, breed and eventual use and disposition of animals by research facilities)

2. what are the guidelines for expenditures on veterinary care for sick and/or injured stray animals (we require all specifics including but not necessarily limited to dates, age, sex breed, extent of injury, treatment and eventual disposition of animals) and what happens when the cost of any animal’s veterinary treatment exceeds these guidelines

3. what are the criteria used to assess which animals are placed up for adoption, and how long they are placed up for adoption

4. at what location or locations are the animals given veterinary care and by whom

5. what is the means of euthanasia for companion animals and for wildlife respectively

6. where are the animals euthanised and by whom

7. we require a comprehensive budget with a line by line item breakdown

8. all correspondence of any description of the last 5 years (1996-date, inclusive) relating to the provision of animal control and care services in Metropolitan Toronto.