Nov. 3-9 is Nationwide Shelter Appreciation week, a time to acknowledge the hassle and dedication of shelters, and the hard-working people devoted to giving animals the second likelihood they deserve.
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is a registered charity that has been altering the lives of animals for over 150 years. We attempt to maintain pets and households collectively via a wide range of neighborhood assist providers, resembling adoptions, animal transfers, meals distribution, humane schooling, spay/neuter and wellness providers.
In at present’s weblog, we needed to focus on a few of the Ontario SPCA’s staggering accomplishments from 2023.
Animals adopted
The forefront of the Ontario SPCA is its adoption program, the place we attempt to search out loving properties for animals in want, irrespective of how lengthy it takes. In 2023, we discovered properties for 4,041 animals! That features 1,166 canines, 2,617 cats, 250 small animals, and eight birds.
Whether or not it’s a playful pet or a peaceful senior cat, we rigorously match pets with households to make sure a lifetime of happiness collectively. Animals adopted from the Ontario SPCA are spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated they usually go residence with meals from Royal Canin to assist guarantee a clean transition into their new residence.
View animals out there for adoption!
Animals transferred
When a request for assist is available in, the Ontario SPCA does what it might to alter the lives of these animals. We work along with communities to switch animals to areas of the province the place there are households ready to undertake.
An absence of entry to primary animal wellness providers, resembling veterinarians and spay/neuter providers, has contributed to a rise in animal populations throughout Northern Canada. In lots of Northern communities, there are extra adoptable animals than there are households who can provide them properties.
By working along with like-minded organizations and Indigenous communities, the Ontario SPCA is giving Northern animals the second likelihood they deserve. In 2023, we travelled 24,307 kilometers in 6 journeys to assist switch 232 animals! We additionally assist neighborhood led sustainable options to animal administration and well being to deal with the foundation causes of animal overpopulation.
VIP animal assist
Canine come into the Ontario SPCA’s animal centres for a wide range of causes. Whereas the canines stick with us, we offer them with the care and a focus they want, together with addressing any behavioural challenges. Our Provincial Canine Rehabilitation program offers individualized coaching methods to assist the animals in our care turn out to be comfy with their environment, determine particular care necessities, and to fulfill their wants. In 2023, the Provincial Canine Rehabilitation Centre supported 40 canines with a mean of 160 hours of TLC per canine!
Our rehabilitation program is out there in all Ontario SPCA animal centres throughout the province. Be taught extra concerning the Rehabilitation Centre and VIP (Very Necessary Paws) at ontariospca.ca/dogrehab
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society offers take care of animals three hundred and sixty five days a 12 months, and our work doesn’t finish whereas animals are in want. As a registered charity that doesn’t obtain annual authorities funding, we rely on the generosity of donors to alter the lives of animals in want. Please think about donating at present.
