Tag Archives: Berger Blanc

A while back, a provincial petition was being circulated to implement standards for shelters and pounds in Quebec. This petition was urging that shelters and pounds provide basics like:  veterinary care, taking measures to reunite lost animals with owners (FYI – 5 months after their damning expose, the Berger Blanc still has no lost/founds listed on their website) , mandatory …

  Moving season is coming up! It is not a “warning” anymore, it is a reality that can be seen on the desperate cries for help from rescues and the little paws been seen walking aimlessly through the streets. Although there has been protests and it has been covered on the news, there are still many boroughs that have contracts …

Please mark your calendar!  Saturday, June 18th, will be the next gathering  of all the people that care for animals at Montreal City Hall. Let us not forget that animals are still coming in to the Berger Blanc. Animals are still being horrified with the impregnated stench of death on the walls and floors. We know that people that were …

  After a few letters directed to the Mayor of Laval, Gilles Vaillancourt, on May 16 I received the following email with a response from him. The contract will end on May 31st and there is no answer if they will renew contract with Berger Blanc or not.     Click on Images to enlarge:      

NEXT PROTEST: Saturday, June 18th:  1 – 2:30 pm,  outside City Hall – 275, rue Notre-Dame Est.   To all Dog and Cat Lovers of the Province of Quebec: It is imperative that on May 28 we stand together as one to protest and demand the closing of Berger Blanc! Thousands of animals have suffered and faced a terrible death in this …

              Thanks to all who attended the protest against the Berger Blanc on May 13th outside of City Hall!   Below are some pics. You can find more on the Montreal Dog Blog Facebook Fan Page! Couldn’t make it to this one?  No worries – next  time, the protest is multi-city, baby!   In …

Montreal Gazette :  May 12, 2011 2:04 PM MONTREAL – A coalition of animal adoption agencies and shelters is calling on the city of Montreal to end its use of for-profit pounds and develop a single, coherent, island-wide policy to deal with abandoned pets. Representatives of the Regroupement pour la protection des ainimaux du Quebec, an umbrella group that includes …

By : Stephanie O Hanley For OpenFile.ca If Berger Blanc’s critics have their way, no borough will ever again contract the for-profit pound to deal with Montreal’s lost, stray and abandoned animals. “We need a municipally run and funded animal services shelter that provides education, licensing, sterilization and adoption as their primary mode of operation,” says Plateau veterinarian Judith Weissmann. …

Talk is cheap.  Words are plentiful.  Deeds are precious. SHARE THIS! What you need to know: 2 Montreal Boroughs have cancelled their contract with the Berger Blanc:  NDG and The Plateau Individual Boroughs need to make the decision to sever ties with Berger Blanc, so please contact your Borough Mayor’s Office A petition of The People vs Berger Blanc A …

CBC News Posted: May 6, 2011 6:40 PM ET Montreal under fire for using private company for animal population control There is growing pressure on the city of Montreal to set up a municipal pound, following reports of animal cruelty at a private facility used by several boroughs. On Friday, opposition at city hall called on the mayor’s office to …