Animal protection officers' workload may increase, province acknowledges; more corrective orders issued after legislation updated

With five full-time animal protection officers covering all of Saskatchewan outside the three largest cities, responding every month to an average of 48 to 50 cases of reported animal distress, neglect or cruelty has been manageable, the Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan’s executive director says.
“Like any enforcement agency, we can always use more resources to be able to do all of the things that are now available to us … specifically speaking to the enhanced inspec