I recognize that a lot of people do that. As for whether they do that for good reason, one would say it depends on whether you're buying or selling. The fact is, as it exists now, a lot of it was based on the idea that the Criminal Code for protection of animals applied only to domestic animals. Since 1953, the section in the Criminal Code that makes it an offence to cause unnecessary pain, suffering, or injury to an animal has applied to strays and to wild animals. It is not restricted.
I was amazed when certain animal rights people appeared at the last meeting of the legal and constitutional affairs committee in the Senate and indicated they were shocked and surprised when they were told by the Department of Justice that the present code covers wild animals and stray animals as well as domestic animals under the provision I just mentioned. They didn't know.