Rescue News (blog)

The province of Quebec holds the status of being one of the best provinces for an animal abuser. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) recently released the 2013 Canadian Animal Protection Laws Rankings. According to ALDF, since the publishing of the rankings in 2008, many of the provinces and the territories have shown improvement when it comes to animal laws. …

    Montreal, July 31, 2013 – The Montreal’s SPCA informs on the guilty verdict given to Christian Roy . In 2012,he was charged under the Canadian Criminal Code with: “voluntarily causing an animal pain, suffering, injury unnecessary.”On Jul 19 2013, Mr. Roy was found guilty and sentenced to a $1,000 fine. He cannot  own any animal, having custody or …

The Ottawa Police used their official twitter account to inform their followers about “The Puppy Scam.” According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), the scam involves the promise of a puppy as soon as all the fees are paid.

On July 21, the ASPCA will celebrate national No Pet Store Puppies Day. This is the third year in which the ASPCA promotes a campaign that is meant to educate the public about the connection between pet stores and puppy mills. This year, the ASPCA will promote the campaign with a video called “Meet Molly.”In the video, people get to meet a little girl named Molly and her dog Joe. Molley explains how puppy mills are cruel and why people should avoid pet stores that sell puppies. According to a press release given by the ASPCA, the goal of the video is to leverage the power of Internet virality and educate millions about the link between pet stores and puppy mills.“The ASPCA commissioned a national study conducted by Lake Research Partners which found that 78 percent of consumers are unaware that most pet stores puppies come from puppy mills.” -ASPCAIn order to educate and inform people about the reality of the puppy mill industry, the ASPCA encourages people to do the following:Share the “Meet Molly” video across their social networks, thus educating people that shopping in pet stores that sell puppies supports puppy mill cruelty. Take the Pledge not to shop for anything –including pet food, toys, etc – at pet stores stores or on websites that sell puppies. Check out the newly launched consumer tool that allows consumers to see photos taken inside U.S. Department of Agriculture licensed commercial dog breeding facilities that sell puppies to pet stores around the country Join the ASPCA Puppy Mills Awareness Twitter chat with the hashtag #ASPCAchat, which will be taking place on Tuesday, July 23rd from 1pm-2pm EST.

It was the end of 2012 and while walking my pups, we heard baby meowing from a bush, a small black cat was alone crying. My friend and I looked all over the place to see if more kittens could be found or if mamma cat was close by. It was obvious that the little cat was abandoned because he …

My Friday trip to the supermarket ended up in not buying any of my fruit and veggies. Instead, I ended up joining the effort of the staff of Euro Marche Bellerose in saving a life. When my husband and I walked in the store we see a little pup sitting in a shopping cart. He was not barking and not …

By: Liliana Danel I started blogging for Montreal Dog Blog in late 2010. One of my first postings was about the lack of empathy of certain people that are lucky enough to have a dog in their life. On that first blog, I talked about people leaving their animals tied up to poles outside the Jean Talon Market. Not many …

  Jul 09 2013 – Due to the tragedy that happened on Saturday morning in Lac-Mégantic, the whole community is in great need of help and support. It was announced today by The Eastern Townships Society for the Protection of Animals (SPA), that they have been in Lac-Mégantic since last Saturday in order to help the population, as well as …

Montreal SPCA and the City of Montreal present Operation Adoption Montreal 27 Jun 2013 –  Mr. Christian G. Dubois, Head of Public Security for Montreal’s Executive Committee, and Mr. Nicholas Gilman, Executive Director of the Montreal SPCA held a press conference at the Montreal SPCA Annex building to present their partnering in tackling the number of displaced animals due to …

By: Liliana Danel Another summer brings another July 1st, that means another moving day, which gives a reason for animal abandonment. It is very well known that animal abandonment in Quebec is very popular no matter what day of year or no matter during which season. The Animal Legal Defense Fund has ranked the province for several years as the …