The Toronto Humane Society (THS) has a new president: North York resident Marcie Laking. “This is all very humbling for me,” she said.
Laking began volunteering with the THS at 17. In 2005, she became an animal care worker. In 2010, she was nominated for vice-president.
The nomination followed a low point for the THS. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) had raided the THS centre and found it violated maximum capacity rules. While the centre is designed to hold 400 animals, OSPCA found 1,200 animals. Then president Tim Trow stepped down shortly thereafter.
Last month, Laking took the reins. Although she is honoured to be nominated, she admits she misses her time as an animal care worker.
