Tag Archives: Press Release

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ) has sent out today a press release in which it is explained that MAPAQ  is now responsible for the inspection activities relating to the safety and well being of cats and dogs that were previously performed by ANIMA-Québec . This change is the result of a decision made jointly with ANIMA-Quebec, which …

   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 …

The Montreal SPCA cordially invites everyone to visit the SPCA Adoption House! And where is the Adoption House? It is located outside the SPCA shelter and people can come in to visit animals that are awaiting loving families to adopt them. The attendees to the SPCA Adoption house will have the chance to see the photo exhibition Animal in Focus …

Keeping Families Together: The Montreal SPCA launches a campaign against no-pet clauses in residential leases   June 27th, 2012 – Every summer, around moving day, thousands of Quebec residents are forced to make the gut-wrenching decision to part with a beloved pet, which they consider a member of their family, in order to secure affordable rental housing. Currently, the law …

A good samaritan found little Gizmo in Laval last week.  A young shih tzu, tied up alone, severely injured.  He was suffering with a traumatic eye injury – concluded by a vet to have been caused by the pressure of strangulation to his neck.  Unfortunately, the eye cannot be saved.  It will have to be removed this week. Please read …

Update: MAPAQ asks for your letters concerning the new provincial regulations regarding the welfare of companion animals be sent to the following person and address: Madame Madeleine Fortin, sous-ministre adjointe Direction générale de la santé animale et de l’inspection des aliments 200, chemin Sainte-Foy, 12e étage Québec (Québec) G1R 4X6 Télécopieur : 418 380-2171  People have until August 5 to …

  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 …