Too Little, Too Late.

This is (or should I say WAS Rudy). Rudy died of parvo 9 days after being purchased.

Rudy died because a puppy mill in Ontario never had him vaccinated. They pretended they did – but did not!

The miller paid a licensed veterinarian in Ontario to provide fake papers to show he was vaccinated.

Rudy was then sold to a broker (a quasi mid-man between the mill and the consumer who greedily takes a $cut of the price). That broker turned around, placed an ad on Kijiji and even rented a house in Markham, ONT to masquerade as an ethical breeder. For the sole purpose of masquerading as someone ethical – to con members of the public.

All these moving parts of deceit and greed; of undeclared income, of a family completely devastated by the death of puppy 9 days after bringing him home.

Note….every single step outlined above STILL EXISTS UNDER THE PUPS ACT!!!!!!

Nothing has changed despite what Doug Ford and his government says.

Dr. Tejwant Chahal DVM is a well known (for all the wrong reasons) mobile vet operating out of Brampton. He specialized servicing the large puppy mills in “puppy mill central” (Region of Waterloo, Huron Co, Perth Co, Wellington Co, Dufferin Co).

We have case after case of Dr. Tejwant Chahal being the vet whose stamp and signature appeared on many of these veternary folders with the made up physical exam details, and dates that vaccines were administered (but were not).

Rudy is one victim…there are many more.

So many complaints made to the College of Veterinarians of Ontario (CVO) about Chahal. Clear evidence provided to them of Chahal’s activities – of his professional misconduct, but each time the CVO denied to pursue disciplinary action because the victim (the person making the complaint) – the person who bought the puppy was not actually a “patient” of Dr. Chahal’s – so there was no professional relationship.

But you see, the “professional relationship” was between the unscrupulous puppy millers / brokers and Chahal. Chahal was accused of selling his stamped, signed (YET BLANK) vaccine certificate folders to these millers / brokers who would then in turn simply fill in arbitrary dates to align with the ages of the different litters the miller / broker was selling. But of course these scumbags were not going to report Chahal…he was their valuable accomplice in conning unknowing members of the public. (The lack of due diligence by many purchasers is another blog post all together!)

But victims and animal advocates kept the pressure on the CVO to act. Publicly shaming the institution and the government ministry overseeing them via the Veterinary Act (Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness) to do their job and stop protecting vets who are acting against their oath, by profiting off of the pain/suffering and death of animals.

We created petitions, massive social media campaigns, held public demonstrations outside of the CVO’s headquarters in Guelph demanding action.

Finally last year a crack – not much of a crack – but some sort of accountability:

From the College of Veternarians of Ontario:

https://www.cvo.org/investigations-and-hearings/discipline-orders/dr-tejwant-chahal

The “discipline” put worth by the CVO on Chahal amounts to virtually nothing. Dr. Tejwant Chahal should have been stripped of his license and criminally charged for causing pain and suffering on animals – but of course he was not.

Dr. Tejwant Chahal is ONE example…there are others. Vets who profit by actively aiding unethical breeders / sellers or by looking the other way when they know the person they are dealing with are millers / brokers.

The CVO acted because they were forced to by public shaming. And the actions they took, amounted to a slap on the wrist.

We call on the College of Veternarians of Ontario to stop protecting their own! Remember, why you became a vet – because you loved animals.

We call on the Ontario government to strengthen the PAWS Act (Section 14) and to strengthen the Veterinarians Act to improve internal governance and external accountability to the taxpayers of Ontario.

CALL TO ACTION – PLEASE WRITE

• Trevor Jones – Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
  • Email: Minister.omafa@ontario.ca
• Ryan Puviraj – Chief of Staff, Ministry of Ag/Food/Agri
  • Email: Ryan.Puviraj@ontario.ca
• Premier Doug Ford
  • Email: Premier@ontario.ca
• Dr. Louise Kelly, President, CVO
  • Email: President@cvo.org
• Dr. Jan Robinson, Registrar, CEO, CVO
  • Email: Registrarsinbox@cvo.org