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December 2016
iAdopt for the Holidays
is in full swing and we’re on track to find homes for 60 animals during this
adoption event. We hope you were able to take part in Around the World in 80
Spays or our annual Pet Pictures with Santa. Next up, we're offering gift wrapping
in downtown Brockville on Dec. 16, 17 & 18, followed by our annual Polar
Bear Plunge on Jan. 1 at 2 p.m. It's a great way to jump into 2017!
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There’s
still time to change a life this holiday season
iAdopt for
the Holidays is in full swing and close to 1,000 animals have been adopted from
Ontario SPCA animal centres since this adoption event began on Nov. 1. But
there are still animals waiting to find their forever home this holiday season.
Could it be yours?
Until Dec.
31, the Ontario SPCA, as well as SPCAs, Humane Societies and Animal Welfare
groups across Canada are encouraging people to choose pet adoption as their
first option when bringing home a new family member. Be
sure to visit your local participating society to take part in iAdopt for the Holidays and change an
animal’s life this holiday season.
During the campaign period, all cats and kittens
at Ontario SPCA animal centres are available for adoption for only $99. To
further help our feline friends find a home, from Dec. 16-18 adoption fees will
be lowered to $25 for all cats at Ontario SPCA animal centres.
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Find the purr-fect gift for that special
pet lover
Find the perfect
gift for that animal lover on your list this holiday season with Paws & Give™, the Ontario SPCA’s virtual giving
catalogue. Gift givers can select from a variety of gifts to help animals in
need.
Young animal lovers can “adopt” their very
own pet through the Rocky & Friends line of plush animals modelled after
real animals that have come through the Society. Other must-have holiday items
include our 2017 Second Chances calendar and animal themed holiday cards.
There are also a number of symbolic gifts
that are available throughout the year to help the many animals that come into the
care of the Ontario SPCA. For example, purchase “Toys for a Shelter Pet”
for a friend or loved one and they’ll receive a card notifying them of the gift
made in their name.
This holiday season give the gift that
gives back.
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Save the date for a sweet treat!
Preheat those ovens! National Cupcake Day™ in Support
of Humane Societies and SPCA’s across Canada is back.
Register for National Cupcake Day and host your own Cupcake
Day party where you bake cupcakes for your co-workers, friends and family. Your
guests donate to the participating animal welfare charity of your choice in
exchange for a cupcake.
The event provides critically-needed funds for animals
that are abused, abandoned, neglected or no longer wanted. Your Cupcake Day
party can be held at your workplace, home, school or local community centre –
anywhere where you think people will enjoy a treat!
Visit nationalcupcakeday.ca
to register, bake and donate. Help “bake” a difference for animals’ in
need. The countdown to National Cupcake Day on Feb. 27 is on!
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Make more second chances possible in 2017
Donor generosity has changed the lives of so many animals this year, but there’s still work to be done. Our animal cruelty hotline will continue to receive calls throughout the holiday season, with our inspectorate on call and ready to respond 24/7. As the year comes to a close, there are also many animals that remain in our care.
Please make your year-end gift now and change the life of an animal in your community! Gifts received or postmarked before midnight on Dec. 31 are eligible for a 2016 tax receipt, but the fastest way to receive your tax receipt is to donate online now.
On behalf of our animal care workers, agents, inspectors and volunteers, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Please take a minute to watch a short video about why donor support means so much to Iris, a volunteer who has been helping animals for almost two years.
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Dog walkers wanted
Rise and shine!
We are currently looking for a dog walker to be here bright and early at 8 a.m.
on Fridays to walk our dogs while staff clean their kennels. You must be 14
years of age or older to volunteer as a dog walker, and it’s an asset if you
have experience handling dogs. Our dogs look forward to meeting you!
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Remembering Harley
In September 2015, a dog named Harley came into our
care. Harley was in rough shape. He was extremely thin, had fur missing and was
suffering from a skin infection. He was unpredictable and very scared of our
staff. With a little time and patience, Harley healed and learned to trust again.
He found a loving forever home with another dog and a new human friend.
Sadly, Harley’s owner recently had to make the difficult
decision to have his beloved dog euthanized. Harley was nine years old and his body
was failing. Harley’s last year with his adopter revealed a beautiful animal
with such gentleness that he became known as a “Gentle Giant.” Harley lived his
final year surrounded by love and experienced the joys in life that every dog
deserves to know.
Harley will be greatly missed by everyone here at the Ontario
SPCA Leeds & Grenville Animal Centre that had the privilege of getting to
know him. Thanks, Harley, for touching our hearts.
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The Ontario SPCA receives prestigious Chief’s Commendation Award
The Ontario SPCA is honoured to have received a very prestigious award from the Chatham-Kent Police. Chief Gary Conn of the Chatham-Kent Police recognized the Ontario SPCA’s Major Case Management Team with a Chief’s Commendation Award for their assistance breaking a major dog fighting operation in Tilbury, ON.
As part of a Joint Forces Operation in October 2015, members of the Ontario SPCA Major Case Management Team and the Chatham-Kent Police Service Intelligence Unit, Critical Incident Response Team, Forensic Identification Unit, Major Crime Section and Community Patrol Branch executed multiple warrants at a residence in Tilbury East Township.
As a result, five people were charged by the Chatham-Kent Police Service for animal cruelty and firearm related offences under the Criminal Code of Canada.
To commend the Ontario SPCA’s Major Case Management Team for the actions, tenacity and dedicated teamwork its members exhibited throughout the investigation, the Chatham-Kent Police presented these highly trained officers with a Chief’s Commendation during a ceremony on Nov. 15, 2016.
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Happy holidays from the Ontario SPCA
The Ontario SPCA would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season with your two and four-legged friends and family members!
Please note the following closures during this holiday season:
- Friday, Dec. 23 – Provincial Office closes at noon
- Saturday, Dec. 24 –Provincial Office closed
- Sunday, Dec. 25 – Animal centres and Provincial Office closed
- Monday, Dec. 26 – Animal centres and Provincial Office closed
- Tuesday, Dec. 27 – Animal centres and Provincial Office closed
- Saturday, Dec. 31 – Provincial Office closed
- Sunday, Jan. 1 – Animal centres and Provincial Office closed
- Monday, Jan. 2 – Animal centres and Provincial Office closed
Normal hours of operation will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
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