TVO film takes a look at international dog adoptions

TORONTO – Next Saturday, May 30th, TVO will premiere its new original film Rescuing Rex. The show aims to unearth truths about international dog adoptions. “A new social movement driven by a desire to do good, and fueled by irresistible puppy pics on Instagram, many millennials are bypassing breeders in favour of adopting homeless dogs from around the world,” reads the release. But what does this new trend mean? Told through the eyes of compelling human and canine characters, the film takes viewers from the mountains of Taiwan to the tarmac at Toronto’s airport, and from a rural kennel in...