NEWS RELEASE
Ottawa Humane Society Warns Against Cold Weather Dangers to Pets
For immediate release
Dec. 9, 2021 — As the temperature falls, the Ottawa Humane Society is warning pet owners about the dangers cold weather can pose to pets — especially cats allowed to roam outdoors.
“Every year, cats left out in the cold suffer from frostbite and other injuries, and are brought to the OHS,” said Bruce Roney, OHS President & CEO. “A cat’s situation can change quickly in extreme weather — what was once an enjoyable stroll can become a matter of life and death with little warning.”
The OHS always recommends keeping cats indoors for the animals’ safety. During the winter, the OHS further stresses the importance of keeping cats indoors.
The OHS is encouraging members of the public who find stray cats in the cold to contact 613-725-3166 ext. 221 to ensure the cat can return home safely or to arrange for the cat to be brought to the OHS.
As well, the OHS urges pet owners to take additional precautions to protect their pets and other animals from freezing temperatures:
Media Contact
Ottawa Humane Society
Stephen Smith, Manager: Communications
stephens@ottawahumane.ca
www.ottawahumane.ca
Ottawa Humane Society Warns Against Cold Weather Dangers to Pets
For immediate release
Dec. 9, 2021 — As the temperature falls, the Ottawa Humane Society is warning pet owners about the dangers cold weather can pose to pets — especially cats allowed to roam outdoors.
“Every year, cats left out in the cold suffer from frostbite and other injuries, and are brought to the OHS,” said Bruce Roney, OHS President & CEO. “A cat’s situation can change quickly in extreme weather — what was once an enjoyable stroll can become a matter of life and death with little warning.”
The OHS always recommends keeping cats indoors for the animals’ safety. During the winter, the OHS further stresses the importance of keeping cats indoors.
The OHS is encouraging members of the public who find stray cats in the cold to contact 613-725-3166 ext. 221 to ensure the cat can return home safely or to arrange for the cat to be brought to the OHS.
As well, the OHS urges pet owners to take additional precautions to protect their pets and other animals from freezing temperatures:
- Limit the time dogs spend outside.
- Take dogs for shorter, more frequent walks, and consider a sweater or coat for dogs.
- After a walk, wipe dogs' paws to remove salt, sand and other harmful substances.
- Monitor outdoor water bowls to ensure the water hasn’t frozen.
- Avoid leaving pets in a cold car.
- Animals may hide in cars to keep warm. Before starting a vehicle, bang on the hood to scare away cats and wildlife.
- Dogs that live outside are required by law to have an insulated doghouse built from weather-proof material, facing away from prevailing winds. The shelter must be elevated from the ground with a door flap and bedding.
Media Contact
Ottawa Humane Society
Stephen Smith, Manager: Communications
stephens@ottawahumane.ca
www.ottawahumane.ca
IMPORTANT NUMBERS FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, POUNDS AND SHELTERS
City of Ottawa
Ottawa Humane Society
245 West Hunt Club Road
Ottawa, ON
K2E 1A6
(613) 725-3166 x.223
intake@ottawahumane.ca
http://www.ottawahumane.ca/
Lost Animal Report
http://www.ottawahumane.ca/services/lost-and-found/claim-your-lost-pet/lost-animal-report/
Found Animal Report
http://www.ottawahumane.ca/services/lost-and-found/found-animal-report/
City of Ottawa Lost Animal Report
English - https://so311.serviceottawa.ca/selfserve/?reqId=2003053&lang=en
French - https://so311.serviceottawa.ca/selfserve/?reqId=2003053&lang=fr
City of Ottawa - Deceased Animals
so311.serviceottawa.ca/selfserve/reqId=2000162&lang=en&form=Road_Maint_OpGeneral.DeadAnimals
or 311
Deceased Animals on Provincial Highways (ie. 417, 7, 416, 15)
Ottawa (Highway 417, Highway 17, Highway 34)
1-888-554-5344 (Ferrovial Services)
Carleton Place (Highway 7, Highway 15)
1-888-362-1770 (Ministry of Transportation)
Kingston East (Highway 416, Highway 138, Highway 401)
1-866-685-2770 (C-Highway Maintenance Contracting)
Kingston West (Highway 7, Highway 37, Highway 62)
1-877-979-0998 (Emcon Services)
Bancroft (Highway 62, Highway 28, Highway 132, Highway 41, Highway 60)
1-877-979-0998 (Emcon Services)
Ontario Maintenance Contract Areas Map
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/ontario-511/pdfs/southern-ontario-maintenance-contract-areas-map.pdf
OPP Dispatch
1-888-310-1122 (emergency calls ONLY)
Outaouais
SPCA l’Outaouais
132, rue De Varennes
Gatineau, QC
(819) 243-2004 x. 23
info@spca-outaouais.org
www.spca-outaouais.org
Lost Animal Report
http://www.spca-outaouais.org/animal-trouve-perdu-formulaire
24 Hour Emergency Line
1-844-ANIMAUX
SPCA l'Outaouais Emergency Numbers
http://www.spca-outaouais.org/en/emergency
MRC des La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
(819) 243-2004 x. 23
info@spca-outaouais.org
MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais
(Val-Des-Monts, Pontiac, L'Ange-Gardien, Cantley, Chelsea)
(819) 243-2004 x. 23
info@spca-outaouais.org
La Pêche
New animal control services 2021-2023
As of January 1st, 2021, please contact Anitek at 819 431-9904 for assistance with any animal control situation within the territory.
(819) 431-9904
www.anitek.ca
La MRC de Papineau
(Thurso, Lochaber, Lochaber Township)
(819) 243-2004 x. 23
info@spca-outaouais.org
MRC Pontiac
(Danford Lake, Bristol, Bryson, Campbell's Bay, Fort-Coulonge, Chapeau, Shawville, Sheenboro, Waltham)
(819) 243-2004 x. 23 or Jacques Fortinat (819) 779-6599
info@spca-outaouais.org
Lanark County
Lanark Animal Welfare Society
253 Glenview Road
Smiths Falls, ON
K7A 4S4
(613) 283-9308
shelter@lanarkanimals.ca
www.lanarkanimals.ca
Lanark Animal Pound
Marty and Laura Lowson
(613) 812-5609 or (613) 812-8170
ljlowson@gmail.com
martylowson@gmail.com
www.lanarkanimalpound.com
Town of Almonte - Jim and Darla McBain, ACO
(613) 809-7048
Town of Carleton Place - Jim and Darla McBain, ACO
(613) 809-7048
Town of Mississippi Mills - Jim and Darla McBain, ACO
(613) 809-7048
bylaw.mles@gmail.com
Town of Perth - Anita Stuart, ACO
(613) 259-9998 or (613) 267-9337
Town of Smiths Falls - Smiths Falls ByLaw Services by 360 Secure Corp.
During office hours please call 613-283-4124 ext. 1106
To contact during evenings and weekends please call 613-206-4398 (As of Jan, 1, 2021).
This is an answering service so please ensure you leave a detailed message which includes your name, phone number and the nature of your call/complaint.
Tor report animal welfare concerns 24/7 call 1-833-9ANIMAL(1-833-926-4625).
Town of Smiths Falls (deceased animals)
(613) 283-4124 x.0
Beckwith Township - Jim and Darla McBain, ACO
(613) 809-7048 or (613) 257-1539
Township of Lanark Highlands - Anita Stuart, ACO
(613) 259-9998 or (613) 267-9337
Township of Drummond/North Elmsley - Laura Lowson, ACO (dogs only)
(613) 812-5609
ljlowson@gmail.com
Montague Township - Laura Lowson, ACO
(613) 812-5609 or (613) 812-8170 or (613) 283-7478
llowson@township.montague.on.ca
Township of Tay Valley - Anita Stuart , ACO
(613) 259-9998 or (613) 267-9337
Renfrew County
Arnprior and District Humane Society
490 Didak Drive
Arnprior, ON
K7S 0C3
(613) 623-0916
www.arnpriorhumanesociety.ca
Ontario SPCA Renfrew County Animal Centre
115 Woodcrest Drive
Pembroke, Ontario
K8A 6W4
(613) 635-7508
renfrewcounty@ospca.on.ca
www.renfrewcounty.ontariospca.ca/renfrewcounty-home.html
City of Pembroke - PRO-TEC 5 Protective & Training Services
(613) 401-5507
pro_tec_5@msn.com
Town of Arnprior - Jim and Darla McBain, ACO
(613) 809-7048
Town of Renfrew
(613) 281-3773
mles@netscape.ca
Town of Petawawa
(613) 687-5536
email@petawawa.ca
Town of Laurentian Hills
(613) 735-2432
Town of Deep River
(613) 635-7508
Horton Township
(613) 281-3773
mles@netscape.ca
Township of Greater Madawaska (Calabogie, Ashdad, Griffith)
(613) 281-3773
mles@netscape.ca
Township of Madawaska Valley (Barry's Bay)
(613) 602-0604 or (613) 756-2747 x. 223
Township of Admaston/Bromley
(613) 432-2885 (business hours) or 613-312-9534 (after hours)
info@admastonbromley.com
Township of Bonnechere Valley
(613) 281-1001 (7am and 4pm weekdays and 8am and 8pm on weekends)
Bonnechere Valley Pound (Township of Bonnechere Valley, Township of South Algonquin, Township of Madawaska Valley, Township of Killaloe, Haggarty and Richards, North Algona Wilberforce Township, Township of Whitewater Region, Township of Admaston/Bromley, Township of Greater Madawaska, and Golden Lake Reserve)
(613) 628-3101 or (613) 281-1001
Township of Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan
(613) 758-2061
United Townships of Head, Clara and Maria
(613) 635-7508
Township of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards
(613) 628-5914
Township of Laurentian Valley
(613) 281-3773
Township of McNab/Braeside
(613) 809-7048
Township of North Algona Wilberforce
(613) 628-5914 or (613) 628-2080
Township of Whitewater Region
(613) 646-2282
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
Ontario SPCA Leeds-Grenville Animal Centre
800 Centennial Road
Brockville, ON
K6V 7E6
(613) 345-5520
leedsgrenville@ospca.on.ca
www.leedsgrenville.ontariospca.ca/leedsgrenville-home.html
Gananoque and District Humane Society
85 Highway 32
Gananoque, ON
K7G 2V3
(613) 382-1512
humanesociety@bellnet.ca
www.ganhumanesociety.ca/
City of Brockville - Linda Nastuk, ACO
(613) 342-8772 x. 473
lnastuk@brockville.com
Brockville City Pound - Sally Mellon Bell
(613) 342-7816
sally.mellon@sympatico.ca
City of Prescott - Kevin Casselman, ACO
(613) 913-1476 or (613) 543-2980
City of Gananoque - Ken Gilpin, ACO
(613) 541-3213
Township of Athens - Ken Gilpin, ACO or Chris Fenlong, ACO
(613) 541-3213 or (613) 802-4107
Township of Augusta - Sally Mellon Bell, ACO
(613) 803-0053
sally.mellon@sympatico.ca
Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal - Iwona Sobieraj, ACO
(613) 348-3330
Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley
(613) 345-7480 or 1-800-492-3175 or Ken Gilpin, ACO - (613) 541-3213
Township of Front of Yonge - Ken Gilpin, ACO
(613) 541-3213
Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands - Ken Gilpin, ACO
(613) 541-3213 or (613) 659-2415 x. 218 or 1-866-220-2327 x. 218 bylawenforcement@townshipleeds.on.ca
Municipality of North Grenville (Kemptville and surrounding area) - Andy Parent, ACO
(613) 258-7118 or (613) 862-9002
Township of Rideau Lakes - Ken Gilpin, ACO
(613) 541-3213
Village of Merrickville-Wolford - Laura and Marty Lowson, ACO
(613) 812-5609
Village of Westport
(613) 273-2191 (business hours)
United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Animal Centre
550 Boundary Road
Cornwall, ON
K6H 5S3
(613) 936-0072
sdg@ospca.on.ca
www.sdg.ontariospca.ca/sdg-home.html
City of Cornwall
(613) 930-2787 x. 2310
Township of North Dundas - Kevin Casselman, ACO
1-866-861-3338 or (613) 913-1476 (cell)
Township of North Glengarry - Kevin Casselman, ACO
1-866-861-3338 or (613) 913-1476 (cell)
Township of North Stormont - Kevin Casselman, ACO
1-866-861-3338 or (613) 913-1476 (cell)
Township of South Dundas - Kevin Casselman, ACO
1-866-861-3338 or (613) 913-1476 (cell)
Township of South Glengarry - Kevin Casselman, ACO
1-866-861-3338 or (613) 913-1476 (cell)
Township of South Stormont - Kevin Casselman, ACO
1-866-861-3338 or cell (613) 913-1476
Village of Winchester - Kevin Casselman, ACO
1-866-861-3338 or cell (613) 913-1476
United Counties of Prescott and Russell
Alfred and Plantagenet Township
(613) 673-4797 x. 235
Municipality of Casselman - Eric Gadoua, ACO Éric GadouaÉric GadouaÉric Gadoua É ric (613) 764-3139 x. 513 (8:00am - 4:30pm)
egadoua@casselman.ca
Champlain Township - Normand Sauve, ACO
(613) 675-4727 (8:00am - 4:30pm) or (613) 677-8578 or (613) 676-0556
Champlain Township Pound
(613) 678-3003
City of Clarence-Rockland
(613) 446-6022 x. 2244 or x. 2249 (business hours) or 613-248-9826 (after hours)
East Hawkesbury Township
(613) 674-2170 (business hours) or 613-632-4111 (emergency)
East Hawkesbury Township Pound
(613) 674-5397
Town of Hawkesbury
(613) 632-0106 x. 5 (8:00am to 4:00pm)
Municipality of The Nation - Yves Roy, ACO
613-764-5444 x. 223 (8:30am – 4:30pm)
YRoy@nationmun.ca
The Nation Municipal Pound
(613) 764-5444
Russell Township
(613) 443-3066 x. 8 (dispatch) or (613) 443-3066 (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm)
Laurentides
SPCA Laurentides Labelle
355 Rue Demontigny
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC
J8C 3S5
(819) 326-4059
1-866-960-7722
dons@spcall.ca
http://www.spcall.ca/
Greater Montreal Area
(Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Anjou, Cote St-Luc, Hampstead, Lachine, Le Plateau, Montreal-North, Cote-des-Neiges, Notre, Dame-de-Grace, Rosemont-La Petite Patrie, Montreal Southwest, Verdun, Ville St-Laurent, Westmount)
The Montreal SPCA
5215 Jean-Talon West
Montreal, QC
H4P 1X4
(514) 735-2711 x. 1
telephoniste@spcamontreal.com
http://www.spca.com
Lost Animal Report
perdu@spcamontreal.com
SPCA Montérégie
178 Chemin-du-Vide
Ste-Angele-de-Monnoir, QC
J0L 1P0
(450) 460-3075
info@spcamonteregie.com
http://www.spcamonteregie.com/
Frontenac County
Kingston Humane Society
1 Binnington Court
Kingston, ON
K7M 8M9
(613) 546-1291
admin@kingstonhumanesociety.ca
https://kingstonhumanesociety.ca/
Township of North Frontenac - Ken Gilpin, ACO
(613) 541-3213
Lennox and Addington County
Township of Addington Highlands
(613) 478-3547
Township of Loyalist - Ken Gilpin, ACO
(613) 541-3213
Township of Stone Mills - Ken Gilpin, ACO
(613) 541-3213
Hastings County
Quinte Humane Society
527 Avonlough Road
Belleville, Ontario
K8N 4Z2
(613) 968-4673
www.quintehumanesociety.com/
Municipality of Tweed
(613) 478-3547
Madoc Township
(613) 478-3547
Municipality of Central Hastings
(613) 478-3547
Hastings Highlands
(613) 338-2811 ex. 222 or 1-877-338-2818 (after hours)
bylawofficer@hastingshighlands.ca
Carlow Mayo Township - Bancroft Municipal Pound
(613) 332-2755
Town of Bancroft - Bancroft Municipal Pound
(613) 332-2755
Nipissing County
Bonnechere Valley Pound
(613) 628-3101 or (613) 281-1001
Township of South Algonquin - Municipal Office
(613) 637-2650 or 1-888-307-3187