Ontario taxpayers hit with $98K care bill after 55 miniature poodles pulled from urine-soaked home

A Hamilton woman whose 58 dogs, including 55 miniature poodles, were seized last summer from her home that was “covered in layers of feces” with the floors “soaked in urine,” has seen her $108,928.64 bill for their care slashed to $10,000.

Alina Vernigorova, whose dogs were seized last July, appealed the massive bill for their care from the province’s chief animal welfare inspector to Ontario’s Animal Care Review Board. She was ordered to pay $10,000 to Ontario’s finance minister, leaving taxpayers to foot the rest of the bill.