Her name is Emmeline Manzur. Emmeline is a Canadian/Ecuadorian animal activist, born in Ecuador. She is the beautiful girl holding a little chihuahua in her arms. His name is Dewey, a chihuahua rescued by the Montreal SPCA and Humane Society International Canada. Dewey was rescued from a breeding facility in the outskirts of Montreal. He is seven years old and …

  By: Liliana Danel Montreal- The animal advocacy organization SPA Canada sent out an official press release to media outlets informing of a stunt protest taking place Downtown Montreal on Monday Oct 21 2013 at noon. The location of the protest took place at the corner of McGill College Avenue and Sainte-Catherine Street. According to SPA Canada, “French animal advocate …

    Join HSI/Canada at the 2nd Annual Comedy evening at the Comedy Nest in Montreal! Come support the Stop Puppy Mills Campaign while having an amazing time! This year, the hilarious Jesse Joyce, who has appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’s “Pass The Mic”, will be headlining …

 Labombard was contacted by the Ottawa Citizen to comment on the allegations. Click here to read the article    by MDB Rescue Blogger, Liliana Danel  Before the OSPCA sent out a letter to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of Quebec, an animal advocate was following the footsteps and sharing the truth of the Labombard family. Lorie Gordon, checks sites like …

(cover photo is copyright (c) 2009 Brett McBain and made available under a Creative Commons Attribution) Christina Nosotti is a local veterinarian and a contributor to MDB.  An opinion piece she wrote was recently published in the Gazette – but edited for space. Below is the piece in its entirety:  It’s not so black and white. There is much debate over whether to …

*MAY 22 UPDATE: HAPPY ENDING! READ ABOUT IT HERE!   The following is a courtesy listing. Please share!    Holly is a little Maltese, 4 years old, female, weighs 7-8 lbs. and was adopted from Animatch (a puppy mill mom) a few months ago. A friend of her human’s took her out today (Thursday April 5th) – she slipped out …

A huge thank you so far for your generous donations toward the care of the 527 rescued puppy mill dogs!  The donation centers (listed below) are still collecting your items – and they are still very much needed – so please make it a point to drop by any one of them when you can! Physical Items Needed: Here are …

Montreal Dog Blog is happy to announce that the following pet supply stores have generously offered their stores as drop-off points for puppy mill dog donations! We hope to add a few more locations to service a larger area – but for the time being, please share this information (and check back here for more donation sites and items). Items will …

Today, September 17th, has been designated Puppy Mill Awareness Day. It’s been started by a group in the US, but with yesterday’s puppy mill seizure near Shawville, QC – and the fact that Quebec has the disgraceful title of “Puppy Mill Capital of North America”, we feel it’s an important day to recognize here as well.         …