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More than 50 animals received veterinary care during a three-day spay/neuter and wellness event in Mississauga First Nation, helping local families access important care for their animal companions.
A total of 18 dogs and 5 cats were spayed or neutered during the Sept. 23-25 MASH-style event. The surgeries will help prevent more than an estimated 1,100 potentially unplanned puppies and kittens.
The event also provided 29 animal wellness appointments, giving people access to veterinary care close to home. Animals received veterinary examinations and, where needed, vaccinations and other preventive care.
“On behalf of Mississauga First Nation, I would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Ontario SPCA vets, staff and volunteers for everything they do, both here and across the province of Ontario,” says Scott Richer, Bylaw Services Officer, Mississauga First Nation. “Most importantly, thank you to our community for welcoming the Ontario SPCA with open arms, bringing your pets forward, and working together to ensure a safer, healthier future for our four-legged pets and family members.”
The Ontario SPCA’s MASH-style clinics bring veterinary services directly into communities where access to care can be challenging. The mobile model allows the Ontario SPCA to pack up the equipment and resources needed to provide spay/neuter and wellness services and take them wherever they are needed.
Spaying and neutering can help prevent unplanned litters and supports the health and well-being of animals. By combining spay/neuter surgeries with wellness appointments, these community events provide an opportunity for animals to receive important veterinary care in one place.
“Bringing veterinary care directly into communities helps remove barriers and makes it easier for families to access the care their animals need,” says Arista Wogenstahl, Northern Regional Manager of Community Outreach Services, Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. “We’re grateful to Mississauga First Nation for welcoming our team and for working with us to support the health and well-being of local animals and the people who love them.”
The Ontario SPCA is committed to working with communities to help remove barriers to veterinary care and keep people and their animal companions together.
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 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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