SPCA pleased with city's announcement of a new animal control centre

Posted By: Richard Deschamps · 10/19/2012 3:05:00 PM

At least one animal rights activist is praising news that the city of Montreal will have a brand new $23 million animal service centre up and running by 2014.

The announcement came yesterday amid a year's worth of stories about severe animal abuse at the Berger Blanc, the north-end centre that some of the city's boroughs had been dealing with.

Alanna Devine with the SPCA told CJAD's Ric Peterson earlier today it's a step in the right direction.

"To hear the city of Montreal finally talking about responsible animal services, a city-run, non-profit animal service centre that's going to focus on overpopulation, animal welfare, and making sure that owners are responsible, for us it's certainly a step in the right direction," Devine says.

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  1. Josette Lincourt posted on 10/19/2012 05:37 PM
    I am surprised that the SPCA's Alanna Devine is so happy with this. Rather than ... find an appropriate site, pay engineers and contractors and builders, etc. ... to build a $23 million facility, I would rather have seen more funding for the SPCA and other outfits doing a worthy job.
    I would rather see our municipal politicians making pressure at the provincial and even federal level for more adequate laws to prevent the proliferation of puppy-mills and anyone who thinks they can breed animals. Better to improve on catch-sterilize and release programs. That would not cost a 23$ milllion building...
    Buildings don't solve problems.
  2. Terry posted on 10/20/2012 08:07 AM
    Alana devine has it right. No need to placing a limit on pet ownership especially in single family dwellings. I have taken in six stray cats with the oldest now at eighteen. They are all sterilized and kept inside. Better to deal with the source of these stray cats. Ban the sale of unsterilized pets in pet shops and over the internet. Offer low cost or no cost spay and neuter to deal with the stray cat population. No licenses for indoor cats. The mayor of Brossard has stated that Brossard's new animal control bylaw was formulated in consultation with the SPCA. After hearing Alana Devine's common sense comments, I now know that the Montreal SPCA was not involved in the consultation.
  3. Dr Amanda Glew DVM posted on 10/20/2012 08:34 AM
    Great news for a city that has long ignored the problem of pet over population.
  4. sam posted on 10/22/2012 11:08 AM
    As an animal lover. Anything that points in their direction in a positive way is a good thing. I hate animal abusers and abandonments.
    I don't however think its fair that as a home owner there are limits to how many I can have in my home. Perhaps there could be guidelines to which there are unrestricted limits for 2 cats and 2 dogs but you should be able to apply for more if a situation arises where you need to care for another one. Perhaps with this new facility there could be an in home visit from a worker or animal rescue to the home applying for additional pets to ensure the pet has room to live in a clean and stable environment.
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