City to announce new animal control policy

Amid the recent animal abuse controversy, the city of Montreal will soon announce a new policy targeted towards pet owners. The integrated animal control policy will focus on informing people about their responsibilities as pet owners. 

The RPAQ, a group that includes the Humane Society and the SPCA, are seeking changes to existing animal control policies. This comes after hidden cameras revealed animals being inhumanely euthanized at the for profit pound, Berger Blanc. Berger Blanc provides services for ten of the nineteen boroughs. The individual boroughs are responsible for animal control in a city where about fifty thousand animals are abandoned each year.

Since the controversy, two boroughs have decided to not renew their contracts with Berger Blanc. The RPAQ are calling for the city to end its use of privatized pounds and create a city-wide policy.