Or was the puppy spared after there was bad p.r. about the SPCA applying to kill a puppy, one it hadn't even tested? AAS objected to this strenuously on its website and in letters to Surrey supporters. Did it take bad p.r. to save the pup? It was bad p.r. that attracted the attention of the dog-lovers who got a lawyer to put the brakes on what was always a slam-dunk for the SPCA and the City before.
It seems that it will take bad p.r. to stop the whole business of dog-control bylaws and agents killing dogs without giving them a chance.