Minister says declaring Ontario intimate partner violence epidemic would be ‘disingenuous’

For more than a decade a massive Ontario research lab has been importing dogs for scientific experimentation from a U.S. breeder with a history of serious animal cruelty allegations. Scarborough, Ont.-based Nucro-Technics, which bills itself as Canada’s largest contract research facility, has repeatedly purchased test study dogs from Ridglan Farms, a large-scale breeder based in Wisconsin that recently agreed to surrender its licence to operate as a dog breeder amid a criminal investigation alleging brutal mistreatment of beagles. Nucro-Technics is now under review by the Canadian...