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Her name is Emmeline Manzur. Emmeline is a Canadian/Ecuadorian animal activist, born in Ecuador. She is the beautiful girl holding a little chihuahua in her arms. His name is Dewey, a chihuahua rescued by the Montreal SPCA and Humane Society International Canada. Dewey was rescued from a breeding facility in the outskirts of Montreal. He is seven years old and …

  By: Liliana Danel Montreal- The animal advocacy organization SPA Canada sent out an official press release to media outlets informing of a stunt protest taking place Downtown Montreal on Monday Oct 21 2013 at noon. The location of the protest took place at the corner of McGill College Avenue and Sainte-Catherine Street. According to SPA Canada, “French animal advocate …

    Join HSI/Canada at the 2nd Annual Comedy evening at the Comedy Nest in Montreal! Come support the Stop Puppy Mills Campaign while having an amazing time! This year, the hilarious Jesse Joyce, who has appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’s “Pass The Mic”, will be headlining …

by Dr. Amanda Glew   Getting a dog is an addition to the family; it has needs as any other family member does. Recently, while at dinner with a friend, we discussed the 10 most common reason to consider before obtaining a dog. This is dedicated to Mika, who spent 16.5 years as part of Kimberlea’s life.  Kimberlea took Mika’s …

On July 21, the ASPCA will celebrate national No Pet Store Puppies Day. This is the third year in which the ASPCA promotes a campaign that is meant to educate the public about the connection between pet stores and puppy mills. This year, the ASPCA will promote the campaign with a video called “Meet Molly.”In the video, people get to meet a little girl named Molly and her dog Joe. Molley explains how puppy mills are cruel and why people should avoid pet stores that sell puppies. According to a press release given by the ASPCA, the goal of the video is to leverage the power of Internet virality and educate millions about the link between pet stores and puppy mills.“The ASPCA commissioned a national study conducted by Lake Research Partners which found that 78 percent of consumers are unaware that most pet stores puppies come from puppy mills.” -ASPCAIn order to educate and inform people about the reality of the puppy mill industry, the ASPCA encourages people to do the following:Share the “Meet Molly” video across their social networks, thus educating people that shopping in pet stores that sell puppies supports puppy mill cruelty. Take the Pledge not to shop for anything –including pet food, toys, etc – at pet stores stores or on websites that sell puppies. Check out the newly launched consumer tool that allows consumers to see photos taken inside U.S. Department of Agriculture licensed commercial dog breeding facilities that sell puppies to pet stores around the country Join the ASPCA Puppy Mills Awareness Twitter chat with the hashtag #ASPCAchat, which will be taking place on Tuesday, July 23rd from 1pm-2pm EST.

Hi! Nat here!  I want to tell you about Montreal artist and animal lover, Kels Deegan.  Recently, we had a chat about an interesting project she’s helping out with in Curacao.  In fact, Kels is in the country right now, lending a hand with the massive street dog problem. STREET DOGS OF CURACAO Curacao has approx. 150,000 human inhabitants.  The …

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 …

According to an email sent out yesterday by the founder and president of Centre D’Intervention Animal, Micheline Robitaille, Anima Quebec has ceased its activities. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has not confirmed or denied such claims.  Ms. Robitaille says that MAPAQ is unwilling to give any further information at the moment. It is unknown if MAPAQ will use …

  Contact Ashley Govan 514-999-5862 PAWS 4 A CAUSE 2012 is an event coming up in April that will help fund the incredible work of the SPCA E-Shelter.   Last year’s event raised an amazing $33,000 for the cause! Get in early to have your business a part of this fantastic fundraiser and reach your target demographic!    General Information  For …

(cover photo is copyright (c) 2009 Brett McBain and made available under a Creative Commons Attribution) Christina Nosotti is a local veterinarian and a contributor to MDB.  An opinion piece she wrote was recently published in the Gazette – but edited for space. Below is the piece in its entirety:  It’s not so black and white. There is much debate over whether to …