300 animals and counting have found loving homes this holiday season
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stouffville, ON (Dec. 18, 2024) – Tails are wagging in anticipation of the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society reaching its goal of finding loving homes for 500 animals across the province this holiday season.
iAdopt for the Holidays is in full swing until Dec. 24 and more than 300 animals have already been adopted this month at the Ontario SPCA’s 12 animal centres across the province, bringing the total this year to close to 5,500.
| Animal Centre | Goal | Adoptions |
| Barrie | 40 | 23 |
| Humane Society of Durham Region | 45 | 42 |
| Lennox & Addington | 25 | 22 |
| Leeds & Grenville | 60 | 18 |
| Midland & District | 30 | 30 |
| Muskoka | 60 | 23 |
| Orangeville & District | 75 | 33 |
| Orillia | 20 | 15 |
| Renfrew County | 40 | 23 |
| Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry | 25 | 24 |
| Sudbury & District | 40 | 15 |
| York Region | 40 | 35 |
If you’ve been thinking of welcoming an animal into your life, please consider adopting. For many people, the holidays are the perfect time for an animal to join their family. With more time spent at home during the holidays, it’s an ideal opportunity to help animals adjust to their new surroundings with extra care and attention.
Animals adopted from the Ontario SPCA are spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated, and they go home with food from Royal Canin to ensure a smooth transition. Visit ontariospca.ca/adopt to view the many deserving animals who have so much love to give.
Even if you can’t adopt right now, you can help make the season brighter for animals in need by donating to support their care. As a registered charity that does not receive annual government funding, the Ontario SPCA depends on the generosity of donors to change the lives of animals. Every gift, big or small, helps provide shelter and care to animals waiting for their forever families. Visit ontariospca.ca/donate to donate.
“We’re so close to reaching our adoption goal, and we need your help to make it happen,” says Sonya Reichel, Vice President of Operations, Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. “If you’ve been thinking about adopting, now is the time to make the season extra special for an animal in need. Let’s work together to make their holiday dreams come true.”
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The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is a registered charity that has been changing the lives of animals for over 150 years. The Society provides care, comfort and compassion to animals in need in communities across Ontario. It values all animals and advocates to treat them with respect and kindness. The Society strives to keep pets and families together and do so through a variety of community support services, such as sheltering and adoptions, including emergency sheltering, feral cat management programs, animal transfers, food distribution, humane education, animal advocacy, and spay/neuter services.
The Ontario SPCA does not receive annual government funding and relies on donations to provide programs and services to help animals in need. To learn more, or to donate, visit ontariospca.ca. Charitable Business # 88969-1044-RR0002.
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society Provincial Office sits on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of Scugog, Hiawatha and Alderville First Nations and the Métis Nation. This territory was the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. The treaties that were signed for this particular parcel of land are collectively referred to as the Williams Treaties of 1923.
