Description

The Kitchener Waterloo Humane Society began serving the community in 1927. The Stratford Perth Humane Society began as a branch of the Ontario SPCA in 1973 until ownership was transferred to us in 2012. Today, we are known as one organization - The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth - and are one of the largest animal welfare charities in Ontario. We are self-funded and self-governed, and receive no government funding for our charitable programs and services. We operate an Animal Centre in Kitchener and an Animal Centre in Stratford. Together, we service all municipalities in Waterloo Region (except Cambridge) and Perth County, as well as the Township of Zorra. While we formed to help homeless and abandoned pets, today we are far more than just animal shelters. We still adopt pets and find loving homes, but we are also contracted for animal services for 13 municipalities, provide education and learning opportunities both in schools and in centres for youth and adults, we offer a wide variety of low-cost veterinary services to support people and pets, and we have growing outreach services to help pet owners in crisis with emergency boarding and pet food resources.