Nobody actually knows how many stray dogs live on earth, but the estimates are staggering. Over a billion? Maybe. Slightly less? Maybe.
What we do know is that an estimated 500,000 stray and roaming dogs live in Canada’s North, many of them in and around aboriginal communities.
A lot of people–both in the North and in southern Canada–care about these amimals. But tending to them is no easy task. Few veterinarians hang out their shingle in the North.
Chiots Nordiques is comprised of people–vets and volunteers–who care.
The organization is a Quebec-based non-profit supported in part by Humane Society International Canada.
It currently has a team at the Cree community of Chisasisibi near James Bay treating stray and roaming dogs in the region.
Ewa Demianowicz is campaign manager for Humane Society International Canada and she spoke by phone Monday with RCI from Chisasisibi.
Listen
For reasons beyond our control, and for an undetermined period of time, our comment section is now closed. However, our social networks remain open to your contributions.