Vancouver Information and Newspaper

TORONTO – The OSPCA says its investigation of the Toronto Humane Society will keep the facility closed for at least another week.

While the humane society argues the search warrant for the investigation expires tonight at midnight a lawyer for the OSPCA says a justice of the peace supports their view that there is no time limit.

Lawyer Christopher Avery says there is no “sunset clause” on the warrant, adding: “We finish when we finish.”

He says the warrant is very broad in scope and the search of the facility could take at least another week, as there are hundreds of thousands of documents to sift through.

The OSPCA raided the humane society last Thursday and said it found animals in such poor health that seven had to be put down.

The raid resulted in animal cruelty charges against five employees, including the agency’s president.

On Friday, investigators said they found a mummified cat on the premises, which one OSPCA official described as a “house of horrors.”