Tag Archives: Overpopulation

  by Liliana Danel According to strayanimalsday.org, on April 4 people  celebrate this day by informing about the 600,000,000 stray animals around the world. It is important for everyone to know that in Quebec we do have a huge number of stray animals. There are animal rescue groups that try to help out as much as they can with the …

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 …

André Roy and Cathy Samson established the organization Chiots Nordiques. Chiots Nordiques has recently been recognized as a non-profit organization (NPO). Their mission is to improve the living conditions of packs of stray dogs living in Northern Quebec and Nunavik, while ensuring the health of local people in relation to the canine overpopulation (spread of rabies, bites, etc.).  No veterinary …

Billy Elliot. Found as an 8 week old stray with multiple fractures. Ampution was the only way to save his little life.  Fostered, adored and rehomed by Eleven Eleven Animal Rescue. He is happy, healthy and doing AMAZING today.             Holly. One of many rescued from a puppy mill. She’d been debarked, malnourished, riddled with …

  CRAC Citoyens Responsables de leurs Animaux de Compagnie Press Release Montreal, April 29, 2011 – Following the undercover report aired last week, Mireille Goulet, a Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve citizen, created a committee of citizens of the Montreal Island wanting their municipalities to amend current animal bylaws and adopt measures from dialogues with its citizens that are similar to those of Verdun …

*SEE THE BERGER BLANC ARCHIVES FOR CONTINUING UPDATES* About the Berger Blanc and the undercover investigation: A recent piece from The Montreal Mirror: Pet Heaven’s Waiting Room – by Elisabeth Faure read our blogger Caroline Ross’ piece about  the feral dog colonies living near the Berger Blanc watch the video of the feral dogs living behind the Berger Blanc, courtesy of …

  On Thursday April 21 at 20:00 Radio Canada’s investigative program Enquête presents a disturbing exposé of Berger Blanc, the for-profit business entrusted with control of, and care for, Montréal’s exploding population of unwanted companion animals, a population which has now reached crisis proportions. This program, Mauvais Berger, exposes Berger Blanc’s abysmal standards of animal care and customer service, and …

My Dad had a rain barrel ( many of them);  not the pretty ones but the blue hand-made ones.  My Dad always had a garden, my Dad always bought in bulk and my Dad always owned pets.  No, he didn’t do anything weird – he just always saved dogs that no one wanted and treated them like they were part …