Coming together to feed animals with pet food donations

The final couple of years have been difficult for a lot of. Many people, households and even total communities have struggled to entry meals not just for themselves, however for his or her animals, too.  

To assist preserve furry bellies full and be sure that individuals don’t have to decide on between feeding themselves and feeding their animals, the Ontario SPCA established a community of companions to come back collectively to distribute pet meals the place it’s wanted most.  

Working with the neighborhood to offer entry to pet meals and provides 

Bonnie Bishop, Regional Supervisor of Group Outreach Providers on the Ontario SPCA says the request for pet meals at meals banks throughout the province is up considerably for the reason that pandemic took maintain.  

Bonnie began working with neighborhood companions a few years in the past and was a part of a neighborhood initiative on the Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre in Cornwall to make important pet provides out there by means of meals pantries. People locally that had been dealing with troublesome occasions may entry the meals they wanted for his or her furry companions freed from cost. 

Giant donations made attainable due to our companions 

Now, Bonnie and the crew on the Ontario SPCA have been in a position to coordinate meals donations in virtually each nook of Ontario due to companions like Nutram, Mars Canada and Pet Valu. In February, Nutram and Pet Valu each donated over 200,000 lbs every of canine and cat meals to assist fill the hole, whereas Mars Canada contributed one other 400 pallets or 400,000lbs of canine and cat meals.  

Along with neighborhood foodbank companions, this meals supported the Toronto Cat Rescue, offering them with virtually a 12 months’s price of meals. 

Offering assist to Northern Ontario communities 

In distant Northern communities the place entry to animal provides is already a problem, the Ontario SPCA labored with neighborhood and rescue companions to distribute greater than 100,000lbs of meals by means of hubs in Dryden and Thunder Bay. We partnered with Northern Attain Pet Rescue to achieve much more communities this winter together with sending pet meals to distant fly-in areas like Weenusk, a small neighborhood close to Hudson Bay. 

A lot work is being finished across the province to make sure households have entry to the provides they should care for his or her animals. We’re grateful for the assist of our many volunteers, donors and neighborhood companions working collectively to coordinate meals donations and distributions. The Ontario SPCA is very grateful to long-time mates, Elaine and Lloyd, who’ve supported a lot of the work happening within the North and protecting the transport prices concerned with getting assets up there. 

Assist our Group Outreach Providers crew 

If you wish to study extra about Ontario SPCA’s neighborhood assist providers and the way it’s serving to animals throughout the province, go to https://ontariospca.ca/what-we-do/community-support-services/. These providers wouldn’t be attainable with out the assist of caring individuals such as you!