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Gimme shelter – safe haven at last for Montreal's strays?
Three years ago Montrealers were shocked and angered over images in an undercover report aired on Radio-Canada that appeared to depict animal cruelty at Berger Blanc, a for profit animal control centre...
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The Story So Far: Double dipping doctors? And city to get animal shelter by 2018
Hello and welcome to The Story So Far for Friday, July 11. Click on the audio player below to hear the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. And remember, you can listen to all...
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Montreal protesters call for Berger Blanc animal shelter to close
By Benoîte Labrosse About 40 people accompanied by about a dozen dogs protested in front of Montreal city hall Saturday afternoon to demand the closing of the Berger Blanc animal shelter. According to...
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Runaway alligator Mr. Ali to return home to Repti-Zone
Montreal police deal with a lot of scary characters in their line of work, but the fugitive they faced early Wednesday morning really had some teeth. A citizen called police around 12:50 a.m. to report...
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Editorial: Berger Blanc contract raises questions
In a welcome move, Laval is taking over the management of animal control on its territory. However, the city’s decision to work with Berger Blanc — a for-profit shelter at the centre of an animal-abuse...
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Pit bulls that attacked postal worker seized for evaluation
The two pit bulls that attacked a Canada Post mailman were seized by Laval police Monday night, and are awaiting a behavioural analysis that could see them euthanized. The dogs are currently being...
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Montreal SPCA to stop taking in any dogs March 31 in protest of pit bull bylaw
The SPCA is making good on its promise to no longer accept any dogs from the nine boroughs it serves, as a response to Mayor Denis Coderre’s anti-pitbull bylaw. But that may leave the city’s dogs...
View ArticleMontreal protesters call for Berger Blanc animal shelter to close
By Benoîte Labrosse About 40 people accompanied by about a dozen dogs protested in front of Montreal city hall Saturday afternoon to demand the closing of the Berger Blanc animal shelter. According to...
View ArticleMontreal SPCA to stop taking in any dogs March 31 in protest of pit bull bylaw
The SPCA first notified the nine boroughs with which it has long-standing contracts in September of its intentions, after the Coderre administration passed breed-specific legislation.
View ArticleEditorial: Laval's animal-control contract with Berger Blanc raises questions
For-profit shelter has been at the centre of an animal-abuse scandal
View ArticlePit bulls that attacked postal worker seized for evaluation
The two pit bulls that attacked a Canada Post mailman were seized by Laval police Monday night, and are awaiting a behavioural analysis that could see them euthanized.
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