$225,000 plus was the price the SPCA was willing to settle for. The Delta Humane Society, a group of animal-loving novices, got the contract, not because they were cheaper, but because the Cheech incident, and Lorie Chortyk implying that Delta council didn't care if Delta's children are attacked by mad dogs, made Delta council so mad that the SPCA probably couldn't have paid to get the contract!