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Local Woman Leaves $741K To Build Peterborough Humane Society’s New Animal Care Centre
Peterborough, ON (February 24, 2021) – A Peterborough-area woman has left a generous estate gift to the Peterborough Humane Society. The donation will be used towards Our Pet Project – the building campaign for the Humane Society’s new Animal Care Centre. The donation...
Nexicom Commits 126K to New Animal Care Centre
Peterborough, ON (October 29th, 2020) – Local high-speed internet and telephone service provider, Nexicom, has announced its commitment of $126,000 to Our Pet Project, the Peterborough Humane Society’s campaign to build the new Animal Care Centre, and will sponsor the...
PHS launches commemorative Animals in War pin campaign
PETERBOROUGH, ON (Oct. 15, 2020) – The Peterborough Humane Society alongside the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has launched its annual Animals in War pin campaign, leading up to Remembrance Day. The commemorative Animals in War pins feature a dog and horse as...
Q & A with Our Supporters #2
Meet Scott & Sue Robertson, a PHS powerhouse couple who are vital to our organization's success! Scott was most recently the Executive Director at the Boys and Girls Club of Kawartha Lakes (retired) and now sits on our Board of Directors. Sue is one of our amazing...
Q & A with Our Supporters
PHS’s Campaign Manager, Alex Tindale, had a chance to sit down with one of the members of our Board of Directors, Susan Day. Susan shares how she got involved with our organization and why she believes it’s so important that animal shelters have an HVAC system and...
Instagram sensation, Owen the Griff announces $20k raised for PHS
Lakefield-based Instagram sensation, Owen the Griff (@owenthegriff) announced that he raised $20,660 for Our Pet Project, the campaign to build the new Peterborough Animal Care Centre, through a recent crowdfunding campaign. Owen and his parents, Lisa Besseling and...
About Our New
Animal Care Centre
Our new Animal Care Centre helps more pets get and stay healthy; find their perfect people; and continue the cycle of health and happiness together. This helps make the community happier and healthier by bringing new jobs, national attention and new resources to the City of Peterborough, Peterborough County, the surrounding region and beyond for generations to come.















