Need urgent info from Canadian members

A woman in Canada has just been given an extremely abused cat taken from a neighbor. She and other neighbors had called the Humane Society numerous times, and no one ever investigated.

She has asked on another forum who to go to going over the Humane Society's head. There are still other animals in the womans apartment.

Here in the states it would be a matter for the police, and the pics she posted of that poor cat would be enough to get even the least sympathetic officers out in a hurry. When it is an actual case of horrendous deliberate abuse, do the Canadian police not handle it also?

What province?

In ON. you can call the Ontario SPCA, here is their website: www.ontarioscpa.ca I don't find that the humane society really does much... you can also try Animal Care and Control for that area.

From what I recall, the police get involved if one of the other agencies request them to do so.

I really don't know much about the other provinces though.

By strange twist of fate, when she was at the vet with the one cat she had gotten from the house the head of the local Humane Society showed up with a dog. All animals were removed from the house in short order, hopefully criminal charges will follow. The pics she posted of the first cat had me awake for the better part of two nights. I can not comprehend how people are capable of such things.

Whoever it was at the Humane Society who wasn't willing to help should be fired! Someone was being lazy and didn't want to do anything.

Originally Posted by AddieBee

Whoever it was at the Humane Society who wasn't willing to help should be fired! Someone was being lazy and didn't want to do anything.

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It would seem that they were in the wrong job anyway. I don't know that I would be tough enough to see what they do on a daily basis without cracking up, but anyone who is able to sit on their behind when something like that is going on is almost as bad as the person doing it.

I'm glad there was a happy ending for the animals she had, but would be much happier to see an update stating she was getting intensive mental health treatment and was no longer allowed to own animals. And that her infants were permanantly removed to safty also. Sounded like a very sick young woman.

In my city, in Ontario, animal cruelty laws were recently passed...finally. Wherever this woman/animal abuser lives....hopefully the removal of animals due to abuse will trigger CAS to enter to evaluate any minor children...then hopefully they will evaluate the woman and treat her for whatever problems she is having.

Thank goodness the animals were rescued...

An update was posted today, the three kittens have found homes. Not sure about the injured mama cat yet, she may have a home or she may stay with the gal who took her in. The cat the Humane Society removed had to be euthanized.
The abuser was arrested on drug charges a few days later! Hopefully seriouse enough that she'll do a little time and the kids will be sent somewhere safe.
It's a shame that we live in a world where animal abuse alone isn't enough to get them locked up, but cats don't vote.

1q1qJust like the US, there are different jurisdictions with federal laws that impact the entire country but also provincial measures in the provinces. Some are !better than others. In terms of rescues, that tends to be handled @ the qlocal govt lqevel ie a minicipality might have a contract for so many yrs with say the SPCA or another Rescue group. In the worst areas and I am sorry to pick on any one group but the SPCA often seems to have more kill shelters some with as low as 72 hrs. I k ow a family whose cat was left with a family to care for and he (alas!) Was an outdoor cat but this family was not as vigilant and he was picked up and of course the family on Vacation was called. No answer, no one home -that was it!! Others are wonderful.

I am responding late so this case has likely been resolved one way or another. Typically one calls the SPCA or whatever org is responsible and as long as the basics are provided, they rarely interfere. This does not mean ALL workers feel this way as I have learned. I do believe in a severe case like this, I WOILD contact the police (that again depends on jurisdiction - RCMP or if Ont OPP, Quebec Surete de Quebec etc)- but if anyone recalls that horrendous case in Toronto of a cat killed for so called art, the 2 "perpetrators "(I have more obnoxious but less family friendly names for them) were arressted by the Toronto police. Recently in Quebec a Multics jurisdictional group of officers (RCMP, SURETE, etc) stopped a group of horrendous puppy mills. Quebec likely hasp the worst laws but all of them need more teeth. But peqople are becoming more aware and our Prime Minister and hqis wife always have rescued cats so that to me is a good sign whatever one thinks of other policies. In short, I would contact the police first!



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