Family heartbroken after dog escapes kennel and is killed; kennel owner charged by municipality

“We don’t have kids; we loved him like a child, he was everything to us,” said Rob Tkatch in an interview, with Brooke at his side, describing their dog, Hank.

Hank was their cherished black rescue dog, their constant companion adopted just before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

But last week, Hank was accidentally killed by a car on a road near a boarding kennel business about 80 kilometers north of Toronto. The couple had entrusted the kennel to care for Hank for two weeks while they were away in Florida.

Somehow, Hank was able to walk away from the fenced property belonging to Wild Dogs Boarding, co-owned by Joe Rutherford.

The owner of a kennel in the township of Brock, Ont., was housing animals overnight without a licence, and is now facing municipal charges, according to the township’s clerk.

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