In South Stormont, pet licence fees and donations are an important source for funding essential animal services. When you license your pet, know that you are doing your part to help your local shelter workers care for lost, injured and abused animals.
We are proud to call the Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre an official Safe&Happy Partner. We will always donate 20% of every designer tag sale to the SD&G Animal Centre in an effort to provide additional funding for the community’s vulnerable animals. They are doing some pretty amazing things for local animals in need! Read on to learn more about this great organization.
By The Numbers
400
Animals sheltered
per year
360
Adoptions
per year
5
Full-time staff members
23
Volunteers
175
Volunteers Hours
Q&A
Talkin' Shop
We spoke with Carol Link, Animal Centre Manager, about what’s been going on at the Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre.
What is something you are really proud of as an organization? The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society serves as a resource for the animals in our community and the people who love them. We are particularly proud to be able to support our community through our Community Support Services to help keep animals with the families who love them during these challenging times. Since April 2020, over 650,000 lbs of pet food have been distributed across the province.
What is something that makes your shelter unique? The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has the privilege of being Ontario’s animal charity since 1873. Being part of a provincial society with such a long history of making a measurable difference for animals is what makes the Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre unique, along with the large geographic area our centre serves (Cornwall, SD&G Counties and Prescott Russel).
What is a program that you run that is really important for people to know about? The Ontario SPCA supports pet families through its Community Support Services. In addition to adoption and re-homing, we transfer animals in need of homes to areas where families are waiting to adopt, reunite lost animals with their families, and provide emergency boarding. We also offer mobile spay/neuter and basic animal wellness services to underserved areas, as well as support community cat initiatives to reduce feral cat populations through spay/neuter programs.
For more information, visit ontariospca.ca/what-we-do/community-support-services/
Can you share a story of a specific pet you helped recently? There are many animals who come into our care and touch our hearts, but there is one recent situation that stands out in our mind due to the sheer number of lives changed. The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society was contacted in the fall of 2020 by a family in Cornwall who had been feeding and caring for a large number of cats and had become overwhelmed. Ontario SPCA animal centres across the province came together to help this family find homes for over 130 cats.
To what extent are pet license fees contributing to your overall budget? We are thankful for DocuPet’s generous support. As a not-for-profit organization, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society depends on the generosity of donors and third-party fundraisers to help change the lives of vulnerable animals in our community.
Do you have any specific advice for pet owners that you’d like to share? Animals who are allowed to roam outdoors have an increased risk of injury and illness, which is why it’s important for anyone who has a furry family member to keep cats indoors and dogs leashed. It’s also important to have your animals spayed or neutered to help prevent pet overpopulation, and to have proper ID on your pets, including a microchip and tag to help increase the chance of being reunited should they become lost.
For more information about the Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre, visit ontariospca.ca/sdg/