It’s National Dog Day and your new best friend could be waiting at the Ontario SPCA
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Stouffville, ON (Aug. 26, 2024) – Today is National Dog Day and the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has more than 200 dogs in its care across the province who are waiting for homes.
If you’ve been thinking of adopting a dog, today is the perfect day to visit your local Ontario SPCA animal centre or go online to the adoption site at ontariospca.ca/adopt to see animals awaiting adoption.
Among the dogs waiting for a loving home is Edwena, who has been waiting now for more than 280 days for her new life to start. Currently available for adoption at the Ontario SPCA’s Provincial Dog Rehabilitation Centre, two-year-old Edwena loves going on walks and playing, and she’s a great cuddler! She has spent time in a foster home and thrived in a home environment where she lived with other animals. She learns quickly and would make a great companion for someone out there.
Animals adopted from the Ontario SPCA are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and they go home with food from Royal Canin to help ensure a smooth transition into their new home.
“We’re committed to finding these dogs homes, no matter how long it takes,” says Sonya Reichel, Vice President of Operations with the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. “We celebrate second chances every day and National Dog Day is the perfect opportunity to showcase the many wonderful dogs who long to have a home to call their own.”
To view animals available for adoption, visit ontariospca.ca/adopt
Unable to adopt? Please donate to help cover the cost of care for an animal. To donate, visit ontariospca.ca/donate The Ontario SPCA is also seeking foster volunteers to provide TLC to animals to prepare them for adoption. To learn more, visit ontariospca.ca/foster
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Note to editors/producers: B-roll of Edwena can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2-9-cKTxnY
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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.
