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Presentation on the Animal Service Center of Montreal

Meeting of the Executive Committee of the City of Montreal, 28 August 2013. Presentation – Animal Services Center. The meetings of the Executive Committee of Montreal are made available to the public on the website WEBTV.COOP within one hour following the end of each session. They are archived and made available for one year consultation.Vous can also check sessions on …

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Operation Adoption 2013 starts July 3rd till July7th

Montreal SPCA and the City of Montreal present Operation Adoption Montreal 27 Jun 2013 –  Mr. Christian G. Dubois, Head of Public Security for Montreal’s Executive Committee, and Mr. Nicholas Gilman, Executive Director of the Montreal SPCA held a press conference at the Montreal SPCA Annex building to present their partnering in tackling the number of displaced animals due to …

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Quebec needs Spay/Neuter Days all year long

Montréal – Johanne Tassé of the Companion Animal Adoption Centres of Quebec (CAACQ) sent out a letter to the media in which she explains that efforts taken by the Veterinary Association of Quebec during Spay/Neuter Day 2013 will provide no concrete solution to the animal overpopulation in the province. “The method of animal control practiced [in Quebec] is by killing …

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Two carriage horses rescued by the Montreal SPCA

   According to a press release given out by the Montreal SPCA, on October 28, they received a call from the police requesting assistance with a case of alleged cruelty towards a carriage horse in Griffintown, in the South West area of Montreal. According to witnesses, the horse collapsed on the way back to the stables and the driver of …

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Operation Adoption taking place in Montreal!

According to a press release given out by the Montreal SPCA, the animal control facility and the City of Montreal will join forces in order to have more than 200 animals adopted in 3 days. More than just finding homes for abandoned animals, the Montreal SPCA and the City of Montreal want to promote the importance of adopting a shelter …

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Protest against by-law that endangers all dogs to a certain death in Montreal

-by Liliana Danel, MDB Blogger  On August 20 2012, Quebec Animaux held a protest at Montreal City Hall. Around 100 people gathered to voice their discontent on the new by-law that is being proposed and will apply to all type of dogs in the Montreal area. This by-law will make no difference if it is a large, medium, or small …

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SPCA FORM LETTER: Against the City of Montreal Proposed By-law

As many of us are all too aware, Montreal has once again made international headlines for it’s poorly delegated and ill-applied animal protection laws. In the case of Wicca the pitbull, her euthanasia order was up to the sole discretion of one civil servant.  Despite widespread public outcry,  the court refused to consider evidence such as a professional assessment of …

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Tony Fortin carves the pain and fear of abandoned animals

– by blogger, Liliana Danel  A year has passed since we found out what goes on at the Berger Blanc. So many of us were angered to see the images on the undercover report done by “Enquete.” At the first protest organized by SPA Canada a year ago, it was visible that the people of the province of Quebec were …

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ASPCA Mobile Spay/Neuter clinic for the first time in Quebec

Picture by Danielle Léger

  On Saturday, for the first time in Quebec, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Mobile Spay/Neuter clinic rolled in to the city of Laval. This presentation was an initiative of the Centres of Adoption of Pets of Quebec (Caacq) and Ms. Johanne Tasse was present to speak at the event. The presentation took place …

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Preventing Sidewalk Electrocution

By now, you have probably heard the sad story out of Outremont last week – about the dog electrocuted by a faulty lightpost.  Although statistically rare (which we recognize is no consolation to those affected), it is a devastating way to lose a pet – and a situation which has occurred in the past:  It happened in Toronto last year, …

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