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Reduced adoption fees make now the purr-fect time to welcome a feline from the Peterborough Humane Society into your family
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Peterborough, ON (October 12, 2016) – The Peterborough Humane Society will be taking part in an “iAdopt Urgent Appeal” adoption blitz until Oct. 17 to help find homes for the recent influx of cats and kittens...
58 Dogs to Arrive in Peterborough from Big Trout Lake First Nation to find new homes
Peterborough, ON (October 7, 2016) – A plane carrying 58 community dogs in search of new homes will arrive at the Peterborough Airport today from Big Trout Lake First Nation, a community about 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay. The dogs are set to arrive at 4:30pm...
City of Peterborough Comprehensive Animal By-law: Registration and Licensing of Cats
City of Peterborough Peterborough Humane Society Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2016 Peterborough, ON -- City of Peterborough Comprehensive Animal By-law: Registration and Licensing of Cats The Peterborough Humane Society (PHS) is contracted by the...
PHS Introduces Lemon, “spokes dog” for the 2016 Friends for Life! Walk
Andrew Fraser, Executive Director Peterborough Humane Society introduced Lemon, the "spokes dog" for the PHS Friends for Life! Walk to the media at Montana's Cookhouse yesterday. Lemon arrived at PHS as a 4-month old stray unable to put weight on her left hind leg....
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Horses in improved overall health at Peterborough Farm
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Horses in improved overall health at Peterborough Farm Newmarket, ON (July 28, 2016) – As the investigation of a horse farm near Peterborough continues, an Ontario SPCA officer and a veterinarian visited the property today and found the animals were...
Animal cruelty investigators working in ‘shocking conditions,’ report says
"It wasn’t until after animal cruelty investigator Sara Munoz drove a kilometre down a dirt road — alone, out of cellphone range — and asked an angry dog owner to put his hatchet down that she found out he was also wanted on murder charges. Every day across Ontario,...
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.












