{"id":35003,"date":"2020-09-11T10:23:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/?p=35003"},"modified":"2024-11-04T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:22:50","slug":"how-animal-welfare-charities-across-canada-are-making-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/giving-life\/featured-series\/how-animal-welfare-charities-across-canada-are-making-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"How Animal Welfare Charities Across Canada are Making a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the animal lovers, this post may be especially hard to read. Each year, in communities across Canada, animals are being abandoned, injured, or endangered in huge numbers. Approximately 45,000 people complain about animal cruelty annually, reporting things like the neglect of dozens of cats living in homes, the heinous practice of dog fighting, and thousands of other sad and horrifying cases.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why animal welfare is important<\/h4>\n

Both domesticated animals and wildlife need attention and protection locally, provincially, nationally, and around the world. In Canadian cities and towns, tens of thousands of dogs and cats end up on streets or in shelters because of lack of spaying and neutering. In rural areas from Nunavut to Nova Scotia to British Columbia, coyotes, bears and other wildlife wander into garbage dumps and backyards only to get tormented or shot. Along the shores of the St. Lawrence River and Atlantic and Pacific oceans, whales, and other marine mammals bump up regularly against shoreline communities, usually resulting in injury or death. And around the world, lax laws and predatory behaviour \u2013 human predators, that is \u2013 endanger animals, wildlife, and their habitats.<\/span><\/p>\n

A lack of education, awareness, and funding makes these situations worse. Not only do lost and abandoned animals and birds need food, shelter, and wellness services, such as veterinary and spay\/neuter services, they also need compassion and space to alleviate their suffering, pain, or distress.<\/span><\/p>\n

How animal welfare charities in Canada are addressing the issues<\/h4>\n

Canada, however, is lucky to have hundreds of charities that address these issues, ensuring individual animals are healthy, fed, and loved, as well as focusing on saving and protecting species in danger of being hurt or wiped out. Charities are involved in a mind-boggling number of initiatives, including:<\/span><\/p>\n