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Merger strengthens animal welfare companies in Northern Ontario
Thunder Bay, ON (Could 15, 2025) – The Thunder Bay & District Humane Society (TBDHS) and the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society are happy to announce a brand new chapter of their longstanding partnership. TBDHS might be becoming a member of forces with the Ontario SPCA to boost help for animals and the individuals who take care of them throughout the Thunder Bay District and Northern Ontario.
This merger builds on many years of collaboration between the 2 organizations, each devoted to enhancing animal welfare. The merged group will function with the identical devoted employees and volunteers and acquire entry to expanded provincial sources and administrative help by way of the Ontario SPCA. This integration will improve capability to take care of animals in want and increase native programming.
Recognizing the distinctive animal welfare wants in Northern Ontario, the Ontario SPCA has lengthy labored in partnership with TBDHS, First Nations communities, and native rescues to ship important companies. These joint efforts have included offering meals provides, providing cellular spay/neuter and wellness clinics, relocating animals to different areas of Ontario for adoption, and supporting the event of local people animal administration methods. Collectively, these initiatives have strengthened communities and superior animal welfare in significant methods.
“The Thunder Bay & District Humane Society’s Board of Administrators believes within the mission of the group and is worked up that we are able to lead our Society to this new stage of help for the district. I’m happy that two of the TBDHS Board Administrators will now sit on the Ontario SPCA Board of Administrators to supply a voice for the North and communities throughout Ontario,” says Chris Bliznikas, President & Chair of the TBDHS Board of Administrators.
To make sure that Northern voices proceed to form the route of the group, TBDHS Board Administrators Ryan Venn and Derek Noyes will now serve on the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society Board of Administrators. The Ontario SPCA Board will govern each organizations till the merger is finalized in January 2026.
“This can be a important and significant milestone for the Thunder Bay & District Humane Society. It’s a step ahead for animals and the individuals who take care of them within the Northern neighborhood. Our staff is worked up for the longer term and to have entry to those nice sources,” says Shawna Beaulieu, Government Director of TBDHS.
“The Thunder Bay & District Humane Society employees and volunteers are doing a beautiful job offering care and sources to the animals of the Thunder Bay District. The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is happy to work collectively to supply help to leverage and proceed increasing their packages and neighborhood help companies,” says Renata D’Innocenzo, Chair, Board of Administrators, Ontario SPCA and Humane Society.
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Thunder Bay & District Humane Society
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Ontario SPCA Media Relations
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is a registered charity that has been altering the lives of animals for over 150 years. The Society gives care, consolation and compassion to animals in want in communities throughout Ontario. It values all animals and advocates to deal with them with respect and kindness. The Society strives to maintain pets and households collectively and does so by way of quite a lot of neighborhood help companies, similar to sheltering and adoptions, together with emergency sheltering, feral cat administration packages, animal transfers, meals distribution, humane schooling, animal advocacy, and spay/neuter companies.
The Ontario SPCA doesn’t obtain annual authorities funding and depends on donations to supply packages and companies to assist animals in want. To study extra, or to donate, go to ontariospca.ca. Charitable Enterprise # 88969-1044-RR0002.
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society Provincial Workplace sits on the normal territory of the Wendat, the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of Scugog, Hiawatha and Alderville First Nations and the Métis Nation. This territory was the topic of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an settlement between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and take care of the sources across the Nice Lakes. The treaties that had been signed for this specific parcel of land are collectively known as the Williams Treaties of 1923.
The Thunder Bay & District Humane Society
The Thunder Bay & District Humane Society (TBDHS) is a 100% not-for-profit established as an organization in 1994; TBDHS doesn’t obtain any authorities funding and depends solely on donations, fundraising, and adoption revenue. They are devoted to offering care and shelter to animals in want.
