Ontario man who raised a pack of wolf-dogs worries government will euthanize them

By Sharif Hassan When a friend asked for help to build a fenced home for his dogs, Bryton Bongard made a deal: he would lend a hand in exchange for several puppies. That is how he ended up with what is now a pack of 16 strong, black and grey wolf-dog hybrids he calls his “babies.” The wolf-dogs that live in his backyard enclosure have never harmed anyone, Bongard said, nor have any neighbours complained since he brought the animals to his rural property in Wahnapitae, Ont., about 50 kilometres north of Sudbury, four years ago. But the provincial government is set to seize them anyway, he said, because it is against the law to keep wildlife native to Ontario as pets or in captivity, with some exceptions for places…

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