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Stouffville, ON (Oct. 9, 2025) – Ontario SPCA and Humane Society animal centres across the province will be welcoming over 40 dogs and cats from Northern Ontario over the next week to help them find loving homes.
A total of 14 dogs from the Thunder Bay & District Humane Society and Constance Lake First Nation have arrived at Ontario SPCA animal centres in Orillia, Durham, Orangeville, York Region and Brockville where they will be placed up for adoption. Next week, 30 cats will be arriving from Kenora Cat Shelter to find loving homes at Ontario SPCA animal centres.
Yesterday’s dog transfer comes on the heels of the Ontario SPCA’s iAdopt: Furever Homes adoption event, which found loving homes for 123 animals over three days in September, making space available to help more animals.
“Every adoption creates a ripple effect,” says Sonya Reichel, Vice President of Operations at the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. “When an animal finds a loving home, it not only changes that animal’s life, but it also opens up space to help another animal in need. By working with our Northern partners, we’re giving these dogs and cats a second chance.”
To date in 2025, the Ontario SPCA has transported 229 animals from Northern communities to find them loving homes. It also partners with communities to reduce pet overpopulation through its MASH-style spay/neuter and wellness clinics.
Interested in adopting? Visit ontariospca.ca/adopt to see animals available for adoption. Animals adopted from the Ontario SPCA are spayed or neutered, microchipped, vaccinated, and they go home with food from Royal Canin to help ensure a smooth transition into their new home.
If you’re not able to adopt, you can make a difference for an animal by becoming a foster volunteer. The foster program supports animals who are too young, sick, injured, under-socialized, or stressed to thrive in an animal centre environment. Visit ontariospca.ca/foster to learn more and apply today.
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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 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 does 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.
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