KANGAROO FOUND SAFE RAISES CONCERNS OVER SYSTEM OF WILDLIFE TRADE AND ROADSIDE ZOOS IN CANADA
"These recent incidents highlight the major gaps in laws and regulations of captive wildlife.
- "These recent incidents highlight the major gaps in laws and regulations of captive wildlife.
- Whether it is about inter-provincial wildlife trade, which is federal jurisdiction, or the thousands of captive wild animals at Ontario's roadside zoos, animals are left unprotected" said Michèle Hamers, Wildlife Campaign Manager for World Animal Protection Canada.
- The Oshawa Zoo is an unregulated facility and was one of the 11 zoos profiled in the 2022 World Animal Protection investigation Nothing New at the Zoo .
- In Ontario, it's largely up to municipalities to regulate roadside zoos, with only half having regulations of any kind.