Cats Count In Canada

For decades now, cats have been Canada's favourite companion animal, and is there any wonder why? They capture our hearts with their love, devotion and strong personalities.

At Humane Canada, we're committed to ensuring that cats have a good quality of life and the best possible chance at a happy ending, whether that's by promoting cat adoption, helping to shift public attitudes about our feline friends, creating original Canadian research about the state of cat welfare or implementing innovative shelter management programs like Capacity for Care that are responsible for saving the lives of thousands of cats across Canada.

Today, we wanted to share some great news about feline health and welfare in Canada: our recently released national report on our Capacity for Care pilot program shows how many happy endings are possible when we shift how we care for shelter cats:

• The average reduction in euthanasia at our 6 pilot shelters was 34%. It was reduced by as much as 55% at Edmonton Humane Society and by 63% at Guelph Humane Society.
• Length of stay decreased by an average of 20% at the six shelters.
• The average decrease in the number of sick cats was 48%, and the range was 30% to 87%, depending on the shelter.

Support our cat welfare work by donating today and help us help Canada's cats get the happy endings that they so richly deserve.

As the national organization representing Humane Societies and SPCAs in Canada, Humane Canada is the go-to national voice on animal welfare issues for industry, media, government, non-governmental organizations and the public. But our important work is not possible without your donations!

Links:

• Capacity for Care Report