Overview

• St. Joseph’s announced Monday that it will immediately end all research involving dogs after consultations with Ontario’s provincial government
• The suspension covers only canine experiments and leaves ongoing studies on rodents, fruit flies and other large mammals intact
• Premier Doug Ford said he was deeply disturbed by the investigative report and credited his direct intervention for the hospital’s decision
• The decision responds to a University of Toronto Investigative Journalism Bureau report alleging researchers induced multi-hour heart attacks and euthanized dogs for post-mortem analysis
• Hospital officials maintain their work meets Canadian Council on Animal Care and Western Animal Care Committee standards and dispute parts of the investigative findings as inaccurate