Comment by Donna Liberson, Animal Rights Coalition

The SPCA is unfortunately not covered under Freedom of Information. They do not have to report to anyone. Only if they press charges are they required to provide a report to the court. If the police serve a warrant they are required to file a report. The SPCA does not have to. So whatever the SPCA does is a secret unless they proceed with charges, which is rare.

The solution is to have an animal abuse policing force accountable to government instead of the SPCA which is a private agency.