Protest Saturday against the Berger Blanc

Animal-welfare advocates will be taking to the streets this Saturday in cities across Quebec. They will be protesting Montreal's use of for-profit animal-control service The Berger Blanc in many of the city's municipalities.

The Society for the Protection of animals, the body organizing the demonstrations, is also threatening the city with a tourism boycott. The group says they'll call a boycott if the city does not produce a written pledge that it will take over animal-control services by next year.

The Berger Blanc came under fire last month when a hidden-camera video captured by the SPA appeared on the Radio-Canada show Enquête. The video appears to depict animals at the centre being inhumanely euthanized. 

Montreal’s protest will be staged in front of city hall at 1 p.m. Protesters are expected to dump their dog licences into the trash to protest against the city’s current animal-control policies. According to the SPA, paying the city for a dog licence is akin to giving your money to The Berger Blanc.