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Montreal, Quebec — Société Canadienne Pour La Prévention De La Cruauté Envers Les Animaux / Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Montreal) Saskatchewan — Saskatchewan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; New Brunswick, Fredericton – Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
The Société Protectrice des Animaux, SPA by its acronym in French (English: Society for the Protection of Animals) is France's oldest animal protection association. Founded on 2 December 1845 and recognized as a charitable organization in 1860, it takes in animals in distress, abandoned, lost or mistreated in its 63 shelters and 7 SPA homes ...
In Quebec, there are two types of animal shelters: [citation needed] SPCA (in French, 'Société pour la prévention de la cruauté envers les animaux') SPA (in French, 'Société protectrice des animaux')
Based in Ottawa, Humane Canada was founded in 1957 as the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies. [4] Some of its founders were Richard Taylor, president of the Ottawa Humane Society; Alne Cameron, former Veterinary Director General for Canada and president of the Ottawa Humane Society; Senator Frederic McGrand; and former lawyer Gord Gunn, who had witnessed the suffering of horses in World ...
The organisation was founded as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Broome was appointed as the society's first honorary secretary. [13] The foundation is marked by a plaque on the modern day building at 77–78 St Martin's Lane. [14] The society was the first animal welfare charity to be founded in the world. [15]
The organization was known previously as the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA). This resulted from the merger of two animal welfare organizations in 1981, the World Federation for the Protection of Animals (WFPA) founded in 1950 [3] and the International Society for the Protection of Animals (ISPA) founded in 1959. [4]
Bird Protection Quebec (Protection des oiseaux du Québec, BPQ) was founded in Montreal in 1917, and is the oldest organization of birders in Quebec. BPQ exists to conserve wild birds and the environment .
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty. Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [ 4 ] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."