IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stouffville, ON (April 25, 2024) – After travelling greater than 1,600 kilometres for a chance to be adopted, 42 Northern cats arrived at Ontario SPCA animal centres throughout the province this morning.
The cats got here from the Second Likelihood Pet Community in Dryden and shall be positioned up for adoption at Ontario SPCA animal centres in Orillia, Barrie, Durham, Brockville, Orangeville, Sudbury, and Stouffville. Cats adopted from the Ontario SPCA are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and so they go residence with meals from Royal Canin to assist them transition into their new residence.
To assist much more animals, the Ontario SPCA delivered 960 lbs. of donated cat meals on this journey, which is able to present greater than 3,800 meals to animals within the North.
An absence of entry to primary animal wellness providers, similar to veterinarians and spay/neuter providers, has contributed to a rise in animal populations throughout Northern Canada. The Ontario SPCA and its companions work alongside communities to ship much-needed sources, similar to meals and cellular wellness providers, and to handle animal populations by spay/neuter and re-homing initiatives.
“In lots of Northern communities there are extra adoptable animals than there are properties, which is why we work with our companions to deliver animals to areas of the province the place there are households ready to undertake,” says Arista Wogenstahl, Regional Supervisor, Northern Outreach Providers, Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. “One group can’t do that work alone, which is why these partnerships are so precious to alter the lives of animals.”
All for adopting? Go to the Ontario SPCA’s adoption web page at ontariospca.ca/undertake to satisfy animals accessible for adoption.
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The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is a registered charity that has been altering the lives of animals for over 150 years. The Society supplies care, consolation and compassion to animals in want in communities throughout Ontario. It values all animals and advocates to deal with them with respect and kindness. The Society strives to maintain pets and households collectively and accomplish that by quite a lot of group assist providers, similar to sheltering and adoptions, together with emergency sheltering, feral cat administration packages, animal transfers, meals distribution, humane training, animal advocacy, and spay/neuter providers.
The Ontario SPCA doesn’t obtain annual authorities funding and depends on donations to offer packages and providers to assist animals in want. To be taught extra, or to donate, go to ontariospca.ca. Charitable Enterprise # 88969-1044-RR0002.
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society Provincial Workplace sits on the standard territory of the Wendat, the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of Scugog, Hiawatha and Alderville First Nations and the Métis Nation. This territory was the topic of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an settlement between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and take care of the sources across the Nice Lakes. The treaties that have been signed for this explicit parcel of land are collectively known as the Williams Treaties of 1923.
