Bracebridge, ON (Oct. 8, 2024) – To assist handle animal populations and produce primary animal wellness companies to underserved communities, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society hosted a spay/neuter and wellness clinic in Muskoka from Oct. 2-4.
A complete of 108 cats have been spayed or neutered throughout the three-day occasion, which came about at JD Lang Exercise Park in Bracebridge, stopping an estimated 6,600 probably unplanned kittens. A complete of 78 vaccines have been additionally administered and 19 animals have been microchipped throughout the MASH-style occasion.
The Ontario SPCA is dedicated to reaching underserved communities with its MASH-style spay/neuter and wellness clinics. These transportable outreach occasions are designed to be simply packed up and transported to wherever they’re wanted, together with distant communities.
“Our aim with this occasion was to make these primary animal wellness companies extra accessible to extra folks in our neighborhood,” says Leslie Barrie, Group Outreach Coordinator with the Ontario SPCA Muskoka Animal Centre. “We admire everybody who sees the worth in spaying or neutering their animals to assist scale back pet overpopulation and scale back the variety of homeless animals who find yourself in shelters.”
As registered charity that doesn’t obtain annual authorities funding, the Ontario SPCA depends upon the generosity of donors to assist present packages and companies to the neighborhood. Particular because of the Bracebridge Agricultural Society, which generously offered the power for the occasion, in addition to the District of Muskoka, which contributed $5,000 by means of its Muskoka Group Grant Program.
The Ontario SPCA would additionally prefer to thank native companies, organizations and people who supported the occasion by means of sponsorship and in-kind donations, together with the Baysville Group Group, Different Options, and the Bracebridge Lions Membership, which generously offered funding; in addition to Stevens’ Your Impartial Grocer, Screamy’s Ice Cream, City Jars Muskoka, Oliver’s Espresso and Massive River Baking Firm, which kindly offered meals and treats for the Ontario SPCA workers and volunteers.
For extra info on the Ontario SPCA’s cell animal wellness companies, go to ontariospca.ca/mobileservices
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Media Contact
Leslie Barrie
Group Outreach Coordinator
Ontario SPCA Muskoka Animal Centre
1-888-668-7722 ext. 442
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is a registered charity that has been altering the lives of animals for over 150 years. The Society supplies care, consolation and compassion to animals in want in communities throughout Ontario. It values all animals and advocates to deal with them with respect and kindness. The Society strives to maintain pets and households collectively and accomplish that by means of a wide range of neighborhood assist companies, reminiscent of sheltering and adoptions, together with emergency sheltering, feral cat administration packages, animal transfers, meals distribution, humane training, animal advocacy, and spay/neuter companies.
The Ontario SPCA doesn’t obtain annual authorities funding and depends on donations to offer packages and companies to assist animals in want. To study extra, or to donate, go to ontariospca.ca. Charitable Enterprise # 88969-1044-RR0002.
The Ontario SPCA Muskoka Animal Centre serves communities located on the standard territory of the Anishinaabeg, which incorporates the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations, collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy. The Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee Nations have additionally walked on this territory over time. Right now Muskoka is residence to a few sovereign nations: Wahta Mohawks First Nations, Moose Deer Level First Nation and the Moon River Métis. These lands are coated by the Williams Treaty (of 1923), the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850 and the J. Collins land buy (of 1785).