More than 600 dogs that were seized from a puppy mill in the Outaouais region in September are now looking for new homes.
The ownership of the dogs was transferred to Quebec's animal protection agency, Anima-Québec. That clears the way for the dogs to be sold or adopted.
"These very, very deserving dogs who have been so seriously neglected will be able to spend the holidays in their forever homes and this is just the best outcome we could have possibly hoped for," says Rebecca Aldworth, executive director for Humane Society International-Canada.
The owners of the puppy mill in Clarendon, Quebec, northeast of Ottawa, pleaded guilty to more than a dozen animal cruelty charges and were fined $10,000. They had been asking the court to have the dogs returned to them.
Over 500 dogs were seized in the raid, and since then, 90 more puppies have been born.
It's believed to be the largest puppy-mill seizure in Canadian history.
For more information: Humane Society International
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