Our Mission

The Companion Animal Adoption Centres of Quebec (CAACQ) is an alliance of animal welfare organizations whose members have joined together in order reduce the number of companion animals killed in the Province of Quebec.

Our Goals

1. To provide support in establishing new policies and improve existing practices for members of the CAACQ.
2. To educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering.
3. To facilitate and promote the adoption option and responsible animal guardianship.
4. To encourage municipal, provincial and federal governments to establish and enforce stricter
   animal welfare laws.

Our History

The Companion Animal Adoption Centres of Québec (caacQ) was founded in 2008 by Johanne Tassé. After working for ten years as a volunteer marketing and adoption-promotion manager for Animatch, Johanne Tassé realized that despite all the efforts made by similar organizations, the number of animals in shelters was consistently high. She created the caacQ in order to get to the source of the problem of animal overpopulation, and to implement cost-effective solutions for the well-being of animals. The caacQ also wants to change the Quebec general population’s mind-set to make a better ethical choice and adopt animals in need of a home. A large number of healthy animals are killed every day; adoption is the solution.

Adopt!

Launched in April 2008, the Companion Animal Adoption Centres of Quebec regroups adoption centers that share the same philosophies and goals. The CAACQ strongly believes in two very important notions:

1. The value of sterilization before adoption; to be part of the solution and not the problem.
2. That companion animals are not a commodity; they are a lifetime commitment.

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