Two more directors have been appointed to the Ontario Animal
Care Review Board which overseas the Ontario Society of Prevention to Cruelty
for Animals.
Luisa Ritacco of Toronto is a seasoned lawyer who has acted
for the Ontario Racing Commission, the Ontario colleges for nurses, opticians
and veterinarians and the Ontario Motor Vehicles Industry Council.
Santina Moccio of Ancaster has served on the Ontario Parole
Board, as vice-chair of the Hamilton Conservation Authority, as a member of two
police-chief advisory boards and on the Buffalo-Fort Erie Bridge Authority.
Both appointments are for two-year terms. The board now has
15 members after four others were appointed earlier this year and four last
year.
The board became highly controversial among farmers after
the humane society seized dairy cattle in Eastern Ontario and dogs from a
Mennonite family north of Kitchener-Waterloo.
