Ontario Rescues
Again, a constant work in progress. If you know of any rescues to list, let me know at snr (at) canuckpet (dot) com
AREA CODE 416 – Toronto
— Toronto and Ontario Animal Placement and Adoption Agency
General E-mail: dogs@4leggedlove.com
— Dedicated to saving abandoned dogs and placing them in loving and caring homes in Toronto and Southern Ontario Canada.
Tel.: (416) 787-3862
E-mail: info@adoptadogsavealife.com
— Project Jessie is a rescue network for lost, stray and abandoned cats and dogs in pounds where they are vulnerable to being sold for research. This practice, known as pound seizure, is mandated under Ontario’s Animals for Research Act. We are fighting to put an end to pound seizure and ban this breach of trust for lost pets or pet owners forced to surrender their companions to municipal pounds.
221 Broadview Avenue, Suite 101,
Toronto, Ontario, M4M 2G3
Tel: (416) 462-9541
E-mail: info@animalalliance.ca
— A non-profit organization available to aide in rehoming and rehabilitating unwanted dogs and cats.
All-breed rescue, serving all of Southern Ontario.
E-mail: anmlresq@hotmail.com
— Although we are mainly a site for Boxer Rescue, our group helps dogs of mixed or other breeds as well.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 7,
Ajax, Ontario
L1S 3C2
— Working Together to Save One Dog at a Time.
E-mail: rescue@buffalopugs.com
— An all-volunteer, registered charity, serving the Etobicoke community since 1987.
1500 Royal York Road, Suite E
Etobicoke, Ontario, M9P 3B6
Tel. 416-249-6100
E-mail: contactus@etobicokehumanesociety.com
— Please CLICK HERE to view an important press release issued 27 November 2009.
— ORA — Organization for the Rescue of Animals is a registered charitable organization, 100% volunteer based, promoting the humane treatment of all animals and the preservation of Wildlife. ORA is operating in and around the Greater Toronto Area and is working for the well-being and protection of all our fellow animals.
Claudia Vecchio – President
P.O. Box 22608
300 Coxwell Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, M4L 3W7
Website: www.ora-animalsrescue.org
Tel.: (416) 726-8895 or (416) 726-5762
Fax: (905) 473-9604
— A Canadian Registered Charity Organization, devoted to saving small dogs, both mixed and purebreds, from shelters, pounds and puppy mills.
E-mail: psbrescue@yahoo.ca
— Devoted to rescuing, providing sanctuary, refuge and ultimately re-homing abandoned, stray and neglected Siberian Huskies, Inuit Sled Dogs and mixes therein. A non-profit organization that is based out of York Region, Ontario and receiving dogs in need from all over North America — taking in dogs of all physical conditions and ages from newborns to seniors.
E-mail: siberrescueon@gmail.com
— A Toronto-based organization which launched in 2001, and is dedicated to educating and enlightening people about dogs through seminars, workshop forums, outreach and rescue. Their goal is to end cruelty, abandonment, mistreatment and homelessness of man’s best friend.
— Ugly Mutts Dog Rescue is a group of dedicated and experienced volunteers that have been rescuing dogs and promoting responsible dog ownership for over 25 years. In the past 4 years alone our team have placed nearly 500 dogs into loving forever homes. All of us here at Ugly Mutts combines our love for all dogs with a desire and commitment to rescue and re-home great dogs that deserve a second chance. While our mission will always be saving dog lives, our goal is to join you in celebrating and maximizing the fun and enjoyment of owning a dog.
Toronto, Ontario
E-mail: dogs@uglymutts.com
AREA CODE 905 – Greater Toronto Area
Ontario All Breed Rescue
Ontario, Canada
E-mail: info@4loveofcanines.com
— Rescues all breeds regardless of their age and adoptability and provides a safe haven where they are wanted, honored and loved.
Oshawa, ON
Tel.: 905-579-2253
E-mail: adogsbestfriend.oshawa@yahoo.ca
— Serving Toronto and the surrounding area including Hamilton.
Hamilton, ON
Tel.: 905-547-2025 or 905-383-2416
E-mail: stonemorgante@yahoo.ca
— A non-profit charitable dog rescue organization dedicated to the health and welfare of animals.
Tel: 905-263-8247
E-mail: animal_guardian@hotmail.com
— Operated by the City of Burlington, providing Animal Control Services to the community of Burlington since 1968. Services include adoptions, sheltering of lost and stray pets, animal control, and by-law enforcement.
2424 Industrial Street
Burlington, ON
E-mail: animalshelter@burlington.ca
— A non-profit no-kill organization dedicated to the care and placement of abandoned animals in the Burlington area.
740 Griffith Court
Burlington, ON
E-mail: adoptions@burlingtonhumane.ca
— New, state-of-the-art shelter, mainly for dogs and cats, but may also house other species as the need arises. Built in 2002, the grounds include a huge, fully fenced leash-free area that is available to the public during the evenings and on weekends.
Coleraine Drive (just south of Healey Road)
Bolton, Ontario
Tel.: 905-857-5208
One The Esplanade
Pickering, Ontario, L1V 6K7
Tel. 1-866-420-4655
— adoption, protection, lost and found, and training services (in same building as Hamilton Animal Control)
245 Dartnall Road, Hamilton, ON
Tel.: 905-574-7722
E-mail: info@happytailsrescue.ca
— A Canadian Rescue for Bichons, Maltese and other Small Breeds
5863 Leslie Street, Suite #422,
Willowdale, Ontario M2H 1J8
Tel.: 905-889-9690
E-mail: info@happytailsrescue.ca
— “Our mission is to support legitimate Pet Rescue Organizations by assisting them with certain services and allowing them to focus on the care and finding of a suitable home for the pets they have rescued.”
135 Main St. N. Suite 303
Markham, ON, Canada
L3P 1Y2
Tel.: (905) 471-3430
E-mail: info@helpinghomelesspets.com
Website: www.helpinghomelesspets.com
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— A registered charity and an affiliate of the Ontario SPCA.
199 Waterloo Street, Units 1 2
Oshawa, ON
Tel.: 905-433-2022
E-mail: humanedurham@auracom.com
— Located in Hamilton, Ontario, Jasper’s Rescue is dedicated to finding forever homes for dogs, cats, small animals, birds and reptiles.
E-mail: jaspersrescue@gmail.com
— All breed rescue and Wellness Centre.
Durham Region
Whitby, Ontario
E-mail: info@camplotsadogs.ca
— A Municipal owned and operated organization that deals with lost, abandoned, and unwanted pets.
735 Central Parkway West
Mississauga, ON
E-mail: pet.adoption@mississauga.ca
— Founded in 1999, The Mississauga Humane Society is a non-profit, legally registered, 100% VOLUNTEER RUN charity dedicated to the rescue of companion animals.
Mississauga, ON
Tel.: (905) 271-0883
E-mail: info@mississaugahumanesociety.com
— The NFHS helps find loving homes for unwanted and mistreated animals, as well as trying its best to reunite lost pets with their rightful owners.
6025 Chippawa Parkway
Niagara Falls, ON
Tel.: 905-356-4404
E-mail: info@niagarafallshumanesociety.com
371 Ward St.
Port Hope, ON
Tel.: 905-885-4131 or toll free: 1-877-885-4131
E-mail: north1@eagle.ca
— An SPCA organization covering the Oakville and Milton areas for adoption, animal control and abuse investigations
225 Cornwall Road
Oakville, ON
E-mail: shelter@oakvillehumane.ca
— All about protecting animals! A non-profit charitable organization, dedicated to the welfare of all animals — from birds to bats, rats to raccoons, dogs to deer and cats to cows.
16586 Woodbine Avenue, RR 3
Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 4W1
Contact: 1 888 ONT-SPCA
E-mail: info@ospca.on.ca
— A registered charitable organization, 100% volunteer based, promoting the humane treatment of all animals and the preservation of Wildlife – operating in and around the Greater Toronto Area.
Toronto, ON
Tel.: (416) 726-8895 or (416) 726-5762
E-mail: info@ora-animalsrescue.org
— A small group of volunteers dedicated to providing public education, veterinary care and forever homes for abused, neglected and or abandoned animals.
Caledon, ON
E-mail: info@pawswithheart.com
— A registered charity with a no-kill policy dedicated to helping homeless, abused and abandoned animals.
2300 Lawrence Avenue East
Toronto, ON
Tel.: 416-491-2287
E-mail: info@pawstoronto.org
Serving Hamilton and surrounding area
— “We are a Canadian Registered Charity Organization, devoted to saving small dogs, both mixed and purebreds, from shelters, pounds and puppy mills. All our dogs are spayed or neutered and up to date with routine shots. We strive to assist people in choosing the best suited dog to become a new member of their family, in order to achieve a lifelong, rewarding relationship.”
— Operated by Hamilton Township in partnership with three municipal partners.
The shelter services the Town of Cobourg, the Municipality of Port Hope (Wards 1 and 2), Hamilton Township and Alnwick / Haldimand Township with animal pick up and adoption services.
2363 Theatre Road S
Cobourg, ON
— A small, entirely volunteer, non-profit and no-kill rescue group dedicated to rescuing dogs.
Toronto, ON
Tel.: 1-888-582-3318
E-mail: SnookiesLittleRescue@rogers.com
Brampton, ON
E-mail: sos.qc_ondogrescue@hotmail.com
— S.O.A.R. is a (very) small but very dedicated group of volunteers in Southern Ontario, Canada, committed to rescuing all animals in need — from all breeds of dogs and cats, to any other animal needing our help.
Tel. (905) 450-5992
E-mail: SOARgeneralinfo@hotmail.com
— A non-profit charitable organization dedicated to the health and welfare of animals. Working in conjunction with animal services and other animal welfare groups with a network of volunteers who help find loving and responsible foster homes for displaced animals as well as assisting in finding permanent adoptive homes.
Blackstock, ON
Tel.: 905-263-TAGS (8247)
Website: www.animalguardian.org
— Offers a wide range of programs to help animals and people live together in harmony. Shelters provide lost and found services, receive owner-surrendered animals and arrange adoptions.
146 The East Mall
Toronto, ON
Tel.: 416-338-6271
60 Provincial St.
Welland, ON
Tel.: (905) 735-1552 or 1-888-222-0568
— Located in Newmarket and serves all of York Region.
16586 Woodbine Avenue
Newmarket, ON
Tel.: 905-898-7122 or 1-888-ONT-SPCA
E-mail: mohill@ospca.on.ca
AREA CODE 519 – South Western Ontario – Windsor
— Based in St. Thomas, Ontario and covering Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford counties; as well as working with a rescue network across North America.
St. Thomas, ON
Tel.: 519-633-6226
E-mail: allbreedcaninerescue@sympatico.ca
— The mission of Animal Aide is to assist the stray and unwanted animals of Elgin County by providing foster care in members’ homes, complete medical care for our animals and adoptions to carefully chosen new homes.
333 Talbot Street
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada N5P 1B5
Tel: (519) 633-3788
E-mail: animalaidcentre@bellnet.ca
— Reaching out to animals who are surrrendered by their current families, homeless, abused and/or neglected in London and surrounding areas.
Tel.: (519) 485-3244
E-mail: animalovefoundation@yahoo.com
— The Animal Rescue Foundation of Ontario, based in London Ontario, rescues, upon request, abused and abandoned dogs and cats, from First Nations and rural areas, and places them in loving homes.
Contact: Laurie Ristmae at (519)-432-2731
E-mail: General Info arfontario@sympatico.ca
London, Ontario
Tel.: (519) 642-7732
E-mail: animalert@rogers.com
— Barkin Rescue operates mostly out of Glencoe Ontario, but also has several volunteers in London and surrounding area.
E-mail: teddyacres@yahoo.com
— Goal is to rehome, socialize and provide premium healthcare to both surrenders and strays.
Glencoe, Ontario
Tel.: 519-494-5504
Website: www.barksandmeows.ca
E-mail: barksandmeows@sympatico.ca
— A non-profit, all-breed animal rescue group based in Southern Ontario, Canada.
28-380 Eramosa Road, Suite 203
Guelph, ON N1E 1E7
Tel.: (519) 836-4407
E-mail: barlees@hotmail.com
— A small, entirely volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing public education, veterinary care and forever homes for abused, neglected and/or abandoned animals.
Clinton, ON
E-mail: mm.layton@tcc.on.ca
— A non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and providing shelter and comfort to the needy animals of the Cambridge and District community in Ontario, Canada.
E-mail: spca@cambridgeweb.net
— CYTR is comprised of volunteers dedicated to the welfare/rescue of Yorkshire, Silky, Skye Terriers, Maltese, Shih Tzus, mixes, and other small breeds from Owner Surrenders, pounds, kill shelters, unwanted, abandoned, neglectful, abusive situations, puppymills, etc.
Brampton, ON
E-mail: info@canadianyorkshireterrierrescue.com
— Based out of Cambridge and serving Southern Ontario.
Tel.: 519-650-9228
E-mail: grandriverrescue@hotmail.com
— A non-profit organization dedicated to helping displaced animals find new families.
Owen Sound, ON
Tel.: 519-372-1911
Aylmer, ON
E-mail: helpingpawsrescue@gmail.com
— All Breed Canine Rescue serving all of Ontario.
Kismutt Rescue was created to help counteract the pet overpopulation epidemic facing North America today. Our mission is to alter the course of destiny for dogs in need, dogs that have been abandoned or abused, or are in danger of being euthanized. We provide them with a happier, more derserving fate by placing them in loving permanent homes.
Our beautiful dogs come to us from a variety of sources: shelters, pounds, puppy mills or as owner surrenders. They are socialized in our foster homes until they are ready to be adopted. Please view our website, and see our available dogs for adoption.
St. Marys, Ontario
Tel.: 519-283-6585
E-mail: kismutt@sympatico.ca
250 Riverbend Dr
Kitchener, ON
Tel.: 519.745.5615
E-mail: info@kwhumane.com
— Rescues dogs in need from all over Ontario as well as Michigan and Ohio.
Guelph, ON
E-mail: northernpassage17@yahoo.ca
— Shelter in the Municipality of South Huron
E-mail: north_forkkennel@hotmail.com
— Ontario Canine Rescue consist of a dedicated group of volunteers who are devoted to providing sanctuary, and refuge to dogs of all breeds. We are a not for profit, no kill rescue funded solely by donations. We are based out of Brantford; however have foster homes throughout Ontario. We receive dogs in need from all over Ontario and take in canines of all ages from newborn to senior.
Brantford, ON
Tel.: 519-488-6312
E-mail: info@ontariocaninerescue.com
— A no-kill animal centre located in St. Thomas, Ontario.
14 St. Catharine St.
St. Thomas, ON
Tel.: 519-631-5757
E-mail: helphomelessanimals@rogers.com
— Helping animals in Norfolk County
24 Grigg Dr.
Simcoe, ON
Tel.: (519)428-9161
E-mail: info@s-dhs.ca
— A volunteer, non-profit organization that rescues abused and abandoned animals, often ones who are scheduled for euthanization.
Windsor, ON
Tel.: (519) 258-3613
E-mail: teacherspets07@hotmail.com
— TPDRC is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to re-homing and rehabilitating all small breeds under 20 lbs. Small breed mixes are the primary concern but purebreds are always assisted.
416 Talbot Road East RR # 3
Leamington, ON N8H 3V6
Tel: (519) 326-4710
E-mail: generalinquiries.tpdr@gmail.com
— Upper Credit Humane Society helps hundreds of animals each year find loving homes! Operating in the Town of Erin, Ontario and an affiliate of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA).
5383 Wellington Road 24
Erin, ON
Tel.: (519) 833-2287
E-mail: adoptions@uppercredit.com
— The Windsor/Essex County Humane Society is a registered charity that provides temporary shelter for more than 6,500 animals each year.
1375 Provincial Road
Windsor, ON
Tel.: (519) 966-5751
E-mail: adoption@windsorhumane.org
AREA CODE 613 – South Eastern Ontario – Ottawa / Kingston
Arnprior and District Humane Society is a non-profit organization serving the Ottawa Valley.
490 Didak Drive
Arnprior, ON
— B.A.R.K.’s primary focus is the rescue and rehabilitation of abused or abandoned dogs in the Ottawa area; to provide a support system for families to try to keep dogs in their original homes; to find new homes for unwanted dogs; to educate children and adults on how to choose and care for a pet, how to behave around an unknown dog, and what to do if a dog chases you.
Contacts:
Sharon McKeil, Tel.: (613)738-0119, E-mail: smckeil@primus.ca
Nadine Marcotte, Tel.: (819) 776-5090, E-mail: nadine.marcotte@sympatico.ca
— Located in Eastern Ontario, Canada, Birch Haven Rescue and Rehabilitation Services specializes in assisting Giant Canine Breeds and Horses. The area of assistance is across North America and the area of placement is mostly in Eastern Ontario.
A no-kill shelter providing a safe “haven” for the animals for life should they not be adopted.
Location: Oxford Station, Ontario
Website: www.birchhaven.org
E-mail: gwen@birchhaven.org
— A small non profit rescue group located between Ottawa, Cornwall and Montreal.
Finch, ON
Tel.: 613-984-1450
E-mail: catahoula@sympatico.ca or katiesfreckles@gmail.com
— A volunteer-operated non-profit organization based in the greater Ottawa/Gatineau region. We rescue abandoned dogs, dogs in certain euthanasia status who will still lead a fully healthy happy life. We provide medical and foster care for them, support our wonderful foster families, and follow-up through and after adoption. We save dogs regardless of their breed, age and special needs.
Ottawa, ON
E-mail: info@caninerescueteam.com
— An independent non-profit organization in Ottawa, Ontario.
Ottawa, ON
Tel.: (613) 729-9820
E-mail: information@foap.on.ca
— A small group of dedicated individuals working together for the good of all animals.
Gananoque, ON
Tel.: 613-382-1512
Bancroft, Ontario
E-mail: info@hartanimalrelief.ca
— A non-profit volunteer effort providing care and rehabilitation for homeless dogs and occasionally cats.
Lansdowne, ON
Tel.: 613-382-7706
E-mail: k9rescuecrew@sympatico.ca
— A non-profit dog rescue in Ottawa, Ontario. Hopeful Hearts Rescue was created in September 2007 to help fill a void in the local rescue world for senior and special needs dogs.
Ottawa, ON
E-mail: roz_n_k9s@yahoo.com
— A registered, non-profit organization dedicated to finding forever families for dogs in need.
Manotick, ON
E-mail: k911rescue@rogers.com
— KHS was founded in 1884 with the purpose of providing services to Kingston and the surrounding communities by caring for injured, abused and homeless animals. The Kingston Humane Society is a non profit – charitable animal welfare organizations supported solely by public and corporate donations, memberships, grants, bequests, fundraising campaigns and fees for service.
1 Binnington Ct
Kingston, ON
Tel.: 613-546-1291
— An independent, registered charity dedicated to promoting the well-being of all animals. Every year the shelter staff deals with over 2500 animals. These are lost, abused, or abandoned animals which are cared for until their rightful owners can be found or they can be placed in new homes.
Glenview Road
Smiths Falls, ON
Tel.: 613-283-9308
E-mail: shelter@lanarkanimals.ca
800 Centennial Road
Brockville, ON
E-mail: brockspca@hotmail.com
156 Richmond Blvd E
Napanee, ON
Tel.: 613-354-2492
E-mail: l_and_a_spca@hotmail.com
— A non-profit registered charity, incorporated in 1999.
Picton, ON
Tel.: 613-476-4951
E-mail: loyalisthumanesociety@hotmail.com
— A non-profit, all-volunteer organization rescueing dogs 5 years and older, up to seniors, all across Ontario.
Tel: 613-548-8858 (9 am-8 pm only)
E-mail: maturedogs@sympatico.ca
Website: www.maturedogs.petfinder.org
Ottawa, ON
E-mail: minpinerie@yahoo.ca
— A non-profit, community-based organization and a registered charity. Since 1888, the Ottawa Humane Society has have been the leading organization providing a safe haven for sick, injured and homeless animals in Ottawa.
101 Champagne Avenue South
Ottawa, Ontario
Tel: (613) 725-3166
E-mail: ohs@ottawahumane.ca – General Inquiries
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— A non-profit organization in Belleville, dedicated to serving and protecting the animals of Hastings & Prince Edward Counties.
Belleville, ON
Tel.: 613-968-4673
E-mail: pets@quintehumanesociety.com
Website: www.quintehumanesociety.com
387 Paquette Rd
Petawawa, ON
Tel.: 613-588-4508
E-mail: ospca@webhart.net
— Dedicated to rehoming abused/neglected dogs of all breeds, with small breeds being our priority.
1474 Ham Road
Bath, ON, K0H 1G0
E-mail: kswack@kingston.net
— Trinity of Hope Dog Rescue is dedicated to act as a shepherd for unwanted, abandoned, neglected or abused Newfoundlands, Saint Bernards and crosses thereof. THDR operates under a not-for-profit federal corporation, Trinity of Hope Inc. Registered Charity. Located in Ottawa, Ontario and with rescue representatives in Manitoba and Alberta.
P.O. Box 95
Manotick, ON K4M 2A1
Rescue Hotline: 613-725-9218 (voice mail, please respect business hours of 9-5 p.m., M-F. This line is not for adoption inquiries. Please fax or email your adoption inquiries)
Fax: 613-838-7286
Adoption inquiries: Dog Placement Committee dpc@trinityofhope.on.ca
General inquiries: info@trinityofhope.on.ca
— A dedicated, hard working registered charity.
Curran, ON
Tel.: (613) 673-2699
E-mail: kxo156@aol.com
AREA CODE 705 – North Eastern Ontario/Northern Ontario
— The ADHS is an affiliate of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) covers the townships of New Tecumseth, Mulmur, and Adjala-Tosorontio as well as the villages of Cookstown, Rosemont and Hockley and the Town of Schomberg. The ADHS provides a lost and found reporting service, humane education, and animal protection and cruelty investigation services.
Beeton, ON
— All Breeds and German Shepherd Rescue.
RR3- 430 Oakwood Road, Powassan, Ontario
Tel.: 705-724-2630
E-mail: bearcreek@efni.com
— A small non-profit organization that aims to help control the pet population by offering low spay/neuter costs to individuals in desparate need. We also trap feral cats/kittens and find forever homes for them. We open our homes to unwanted cats/kittens and dogs/pups and find foster homes to place them until we can find their forever homes.
— A not-for-profit charitable organization located in Huntsville, Ontario.
19 Bickley Country Drive
Huntsville, ON
Tel.: 705-789-6012
E-mail: pets@vianet.ca or christie_animalshelter@yahoo.ca
— A small, not-for-profit organization of volunteers dedicated to helping homeless and abandoned hounds find loving and permanent homes as indoor pets. Mainly operating in Ontario, but with volunteers in other provinces as well. They rescue all breeds of coonhounds including the Black and Tan, Bluetick, Redbone, English, Plott Hound, and Treeing Walker Coonhounds; as well as Bloodhounds, Foxhounds and hound mixes.
Tel.: (705) 476-9603
E-mail: houndrescue@sympatico.ca
— Animal Adoption Group who’s goal is to help control pet population on reserves, and adopt out animals who are strays, abandoned, or surrendered by owners.
687 Bayview Drive
Midland, ON, L4R 4Y8
Tel.: 705-528-1870
E-mail: chimnissingrescue@hotmail.com
— Caring for Georgian Triangle’s needy animals since 1999, GBAR is a ‘NO KILL’ animal rescue, run solely by unpaid volunteers, a registered charity dedicated to helping lost, injured, abandoned, neglected animals; providing compassionate care, spay/neuter, adoption, ’second chances’ at life. It serves the municipalities of Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Stayner, Clearview Township, The Blue Mountains, Meaford, and surrounding areas.
GBAR, P.O. Box 492
Collingwood, ON L9Y 4B2
Tel: (705) 445-5204 (leave message)
E-Mail: cdhspets@yahoo.ca
E-mail: admin@petrescue.ca
Peterborough, ON
Tel.: 705-772-4916
E-mail: loyal_rescue@yahoo.com
— A non-profit rescue dedicated to saving the lives of homeless pets. Located in Barrie, Ontario, but also rescue dogs from high-kill shelters everywhere.
Barrie, ON
E-mail: preciousrescue@hotmail.com
— Established in 1986, the Victoria County Humane Society serves the City of Kawartha Lakes.
111 McLaughlin Rd
Lindsay, ON
Tel.: 705-878-4618
E-mail: victoriahumanesociety@cogeco.net
AREA CODE 807 – North Western Ontario
— Dedicated to the responsible rehoming of abandoned, neglected or distressed small animal companions in our community. We accomplish this goal by working with other rescue organizations, shelters, animal control and the media throughout our community and across Canada.
Located in Kenora, Ontario
E-mail: there_is_help@forsakenfriends.com
— A private, non-profit organization, dedicated to providing care and shelter to the numerous unwanted, abandoned and neglected animals in the Rainy River District.
Fort Frances, ON
Tel.: 807 274 2144
— Formed by a group of concerned citizens in Kenora Ontario. The aim of It’s A Dog’s Life is to find as many homes for abandoned and stray animals in the city that we can.
Kenora, ON
Tel.: 807-467-dogs.
E-mail: fostering@adogslife.cc
— Rescue North “The voices behind the animals”
Rescue North is a new non-profit organization located in Keewatin, Ontario. Our mission is to help the region’s homeless and neglected animals.
605 4th Street, PO Box 294
Keewatin, Ontario
P0X 1C0
Tel.: (807) 547-3321 or 1-866-729-9444
Fax: (807) 547-3498
E-mail: rescuenorth@shawbiz.ca
— A non-profit volunteer run organization located in Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada.
— Sandy Lake is an isolated reserve in northwestern Ontario, located approximately 8 hours northwest of Thunder Bay. It is only accessible by airplane and by ice road for 6 weeks during January and February. There are no vets in Sandy Lake and as a result there is a large dog overpopulation problem. Most dogs in Sandy Lake live outdoors year round, even when the temperature drops to minus 40 degrees. Puppies are born under porches, in woodsheds or anywhere the mother can find shelter. As the number of strays increase they are trapped and shot. Sandy Lake Dog Rescue was created as an alternative to shooting. The goal of the rescue is to find homes for as many of these amazing dogs as possible.
Sandy Lake, ON
Tel.: (807) 822-9939
E-mail: sandylakedogrescue@knet.ca
