July 2017
Businesses pledge support for No Hot Pets To help spread awareness about the dangers of leaving pets unattended in vehicles, and to assist pet owners, the Ontario SPCA is encouraging businesses across the province to take part in its annual No Hot Pets campaign. Through this new initiative, businesses that pledge their support for our No Hot Pets campaign will receive a digital sign that they can print and display in their store window, letting pet owners know they can bring their animals inside while they shop or do business. They will also be added to a growing list of participating businesses on the No Hot Pets website, nohotpets.ca To date, over 500 businesses in towns and cities across Ontario have joined the No Hot Pets cause. Interested in joining the growing list of businesses that support No Hot Pets? Take the pledge at nohotpets.ca and email nohotpets@ospca.on.ca to receive your digital sign.
Will you walk with us? Join us at our Friends for Life! Walk™ presented by Pedigree at one of our community walks happening across Ontario the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24, 2017. The Friends for Life! Walk is a major fundraising initiative for the Ontario SPCA and many of our Affiliate Societies, raising much-needed funds to help support and care for animals that are abused, abandoned or no longer wanted.  You don’t need to bring a dog to the walk to participate. You don’t even need to own a pet! The Friends for Life! Walk is a meaningful way for you to give back to your community by helping animals in need. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep current on the latest Friends for Life! Walk news, contests and giveaways. Fundraise & WIN: Register and raise a minimum of $50 online before July 31 for a chance to win 1 of 2 Scandinave Spa passes. Self-donations count towards your entry. Register now and start raising funds for animals in need!
Rescue & Relief Services helps close to 90 cats in Cornwall When the cat overpopulation in Cornwall recently spiked, the Ontario SPCA recognized the urgency of the situation and took action. On July 6, the Ontario SPCA Rescue & Relief Services rolled into the City of Cornwall to offer support to the dedicated citizens currently providing foster care for the stray animals in the Cornwall region, which has historically faced challenges with cat overpopulation. Close to 90 cats and kittens were surrendered to the Society. All the cats and kittens will go through our adoption process.  To make room for these new arrivals, all adoptable cats being sheltered at the Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre were transferred to other animal care centres throughout the province for adoption. This situation is urgent and, on behalf of the animals in need, the Society will continue to support community-based efforts and will continue be available to the City of Cornwall to assist them in getting solution-based resources in place. If you want to support these services and the care of these animals please visit our website to make a donation.	Co-op student learned new skills and made new friends We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again; we couldn’t do what we do without the support of dedicated volunteers. One of our youngest volunteers is Jaden Gaudette of Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School in Cornwall. He recently completed five months of his school co-op placement with the Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre. During his time with us, Jaden had such a positive impact on the dogs in our care. He performed great work and really enjoyed walking the dogs and playing with them. While that might sound like fun and games, spending time with our dogs is a very important volunteer role as it provides them with the necessary enrichment they need. Thank you, Jaden, for all your hard work. We wish you all the best in whatever future endeavours you decide to pursue. Interested in becoming a volunteer? Visit our website to learn more about what you can do.
Celebrating our 100,000th spay/neuter procedure The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has reached a major milestone, performing our 100,000th spay/neuter procedure since we began offering high volume spay/neuter services to the public. As part of a larger provincial strategy to help reduce pet overpopulation, the Ontario SPCA began offering high quality, high volume and self-sustaining spay/neuter services to the public in 2009 when we opened the Ontario SPCA Centre Veterinary Hospital near Newmarket. Mirroring the success of that service, the Ontario SPCA Marion Vernon Memorial Animal Clinic in Barrie transitioned that same year to exclusively offer high-volume spay/neuter services. Based on a conservative estimate of average litter size and how many litters can be produced annually by every unfixed female, the number of female cats and dogs that have been spayed to date could have produced more than 6,152,000 kittens and 1,338,000 puppies, respectively.	North Star Air Ltd. makes $30k donation The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society was given a boost to continue to provide support and services to remote Indigenous communities in northern Ontario thanks to a $30,000 donation by North Star Air Ltd. Over the last two years, the long-time air transport service provider and partner to the remote northern communities has teamed up with the Ontario SPCA, local groups, Indigenous communities and Humane Societies across Ontario to help find new homes for over 140 northern dogs. Recently, close to 20 dogs and puppies arrived in Thunder Bay from Big Trout Lake with North Star Air’s assistance. Volunteer veterinarians accompanied the canines after a spay/neuter clinic in the community. The animals then travelled to Southern Ontario where they were placed up for adoption. North Star Air assisted in the project by providing air service for the volunteer teams to travel to the remote community and to transport the animals back to Thunder Bay.
Cornwall Community Cheer raises $600 We live in such a great, supportive community! We were recently reminded of that when Cornwall Community Cheer, a not-for-profit organization that raises funds for local charities, made a donation to the Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre. Representative Debbie Duval presented $600 collected from a Paint Nite fundraiser they held in February in support of National Cupcake Day™ for SPCAs & Humane Societies. Thank you, Cornwall Community Cheer! Interested in making a difference in the lives of animals in need? Visit our website to find out how you can help.	Elsa found her forever home We love sharing happy stories with you and this time that happy story belongs to Elsa! We’re thrilled to tell you that she has found a loving family to call her own. This friendly Shar-Pei cross had been in the care of the Ontario SPCA for two months before she found her forever home. She waited patiently for that special someone to come along and see what a wonderful friend she could make.That day recently arrived when Elsa’s new “mom,” Tara Cassidy, met her. Elsa’s calm, well-mannered temperament and friendly personality won Tara over, and the rest, as they say, is history. We were filled with joy to see Elsa walk out of our centre on the way to her new home. She not only has a family who loves her, but she will now also be able to enjoy the company of her new doggy brother. We wish Elsa all the best in her new home. Interested in meeting your match? Drop by our animal centre or visit our adoption page online.

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