Tim Trow, Toronto Humane Issues Heating Up

Followup to this post HERE ...

Messy Times for Toronto Humane Society  (thanks to Tim Trow)
Listening to CFRB 1010 am radio Jim Richards talk show today about 1:45pm

Tim Trow spoke and was asked some pointed questions, most of which he deflected or denied:
(tried to be exact in wording, but went something like this)

Host: What's this about? Are you wanting back in as President or are you just clearing your name?

Trow: Neither, just an effort to talk to members about the concerning things going on there, like closing the wildlife centre...

Host: But didn't that happen before the new board and changes, as a result of OSPCA investigations?

Trow: No, I don't know why they stripped it  (really?)

Host: I know criminal charges were dropped against you, but it was more a technicality charter violatiuon thing and pretty much you didn't have your day in court...

Trow: Yes in part, but also the crown prosecutor said that investigations prior to '09 had not sufficient evidence to prosecute..

Host: There were a number of allegations when you were there that the place was not well run...

Trow: The place was very well run. We were very, very full all the time and now there is just a trickle of animals...

Host: They said you're not a fun guy to work with...

Trow: I had the highest plurality ever in my last election....
(It wasn't brought up that Trow misused the proxy system and sly, questionable campaign correspondence and confusing forms to secure 769 proxies at a meeting where only a relative handful of the 1800 or so members actually showed up to vote)

Host: What about fundraising? I understand that Toronto Humane has had a tough time of it lately...

Trow: When I was there we did not have that problem, we took in $11 million...

Host: But the other side would say that's because you sullied the THS reputation?

Trow: No, I know how to fundraise. You get donations by doing things. They see lots of animals helped... now very few animals are being helped...

Host:: There were also accusations that animals suffered under your watch...

Trow: No, not true. Thats a terrible thing to say about someone who gives all their time to help animals...

Host: But there were charges you directed what to do with animals...

Trow: No. I didn't decide who lived or died, that decision was made by the chief veterinarian (Sheridan)... yes, we'd speak about animals sometimes, he'd ask if there was funding for costly procedures, but he made all the decisions. I never interfered.

Trow: Last year the city pound took in 2,000 additional cats because nothing was going through Toronto Humane. They euthanized more than 40% of them. At least we tried to help...

- end of interview -

Note: Marcie Laking, the new Vice President of Toronto Humane Society was to have spoken, but she had a bad land line at the beginning, then for unknown reasons (damn!) she was never heard from as the segment ended and they went to the news.

SADLY - Jim Richards speculated that perhaps she just hung up because she didn't like the way the interview was going....

I called the show and tried to comment on air but no dice.....