Anti-SPCA campaign leads to fines
It’s the first I’ve heard of this: a campaign that started in 2019 making false negative claims against the SPCA de l’Ouest – the one on Jean‑Talon – to the extent that the organization lost out on donations and had to lay people off.
A court just condemned two people to make donations to the organization and stop posting to Facebook about it, or anywhere else.
La Presse explains the spat at the origin of this sordid epic – a sick dog, which was surrendered to a vet, and which the SPCA then refused to return to the people who had surrendered it. The ex‑owners took it badly – so badly that they proceeded to slander the SPCA far and wide.
jeleventybillionandone 18:36 on 2023-09-22 Permalink
The SPCA on Jean Talon is emphatically not the SPCA de l’Ouest. They are completely separate entities with no affiliation.
EmilyG 18:55 on 2023-09-22 Permalink
The SPCA de l’Ouest is in Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague.
Kate 19:52 on 2023-09-22 Permalink
Thank you both. I put here in my defense the Google result that made me jump to that conclusion:
Ian 20:10 on 2023-09-22 Permalink
In your defense Google search has gotten really confusing over the last couple of years, especially for looking up addresses of businesses.