Moneo: A cautionary tale about rescuing animals from abroad

A few months ago, I was party to very disturbing events involving a “rescue” dog from a California high-kill shelter. Cali was a pit-bull cross and had been saved from her pending fate. She was young, untrained and exceptionally strong and nimble, and it quickly became apparent she should not have made the long, expensive and ultimately tragic voyage to Canada – and to Vancouver Island, where we had hoped to give her a new home.
On the ferry over from Vancouver, after being flo