Full Resource - City of Edmonton
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Student <strong>Resource</strong><br />
Pets in the <strong>City</strong><br />
The article on this page appeared on the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Edmonton</strong> website a year after its new Animal Care & Control<br />
Centre opened. The <strong>City</strong>’s Animal Care & Control Centre is a safe-keeping facility that provides temporary care<br />
and housing for stray or lost pets.<br />
Every animal at the Centre is examined by a veterinarian or veterinarian’s<br />
technician, and provided with medical care, food and clean and safe<br />
kennels.<br />
If the pet’s owner cannot be located, then the staff at<br />
the Centre must make decisions about what happens to<br />
it. Owners who license their pets are very easy to find.<br />
Owners who do not take responsibility for making sure<br />
their pet has a licence and identification give up their<br />
right to make decisions about what happens to their pet.<br />
Pets without owners are assessed to determine if they<br />
are adoptable. Safe, social pets are sent to the <strong>Edmonton</strong><br />
Humane Society and other animal rescue groups for<br />
adoption. If an animal is not safe for the community,<br />
then there may be no other choice but to euthanize,<br />
or painlessly and humanely put down, the animal.<br />
What other information does this <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Edmonton</strong><br />
web article provide about local government’s role in<br />
caring for pets in the city<br />
Hooray for strays: <strong>City</strong>’s new Animal Care<br />
& Control Centre wins Summit award<br />
December 14, 2011<br />
The <strong>City</strong>’s new Animal Care & Control Centre has<br />
received recognition from across the world for its<br />
animal housing and care.<br />
One international organization presented an award<br />
for “Animal Sheltering” to <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Edmonton</strong> staff on<br />
October 21st, 2011 in Montebello, Quebec. This award<br />
recognizes the new Animal Care & Control Centre as<br />
a leader in housing animals among shelters, pounds,<br />
retail stores, kennels, grooming shops, veterinary clinics,<br />
animal hospitals and other animal facilities across<br />
Canada.<br />
Award winners must <strong>of</strong>fer physical care as well as<br />
human contact, outdoor play and exercise, and quiet,<br />
comfortable accommodation that does not cause stress<br />
to animals during their stay.<br />
Animal Care & Control Centre<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Edmonton</strong>’s<br />
Animal Care & Control Centre<br />
staff reunites lost pets with<br />
owners, promotes responsible<br />
pet ownership through public<br />
education, and resolves<br />
nearly 16 000 animal bylaw<br />
complaints each year.<br />
They work closely with other<br />
organizations and consult<br />
with the community to<br />
improve policies, bylaws and<br />
animal services provided by<br />
the <strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Edmonton</strong>.<br />
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