Meet Dr. Janet Lalonde: A Veterinarian devoted to serving to animals

Volunteers are on the coronary heart of the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society’s animal centres and group service packages. Each day, volunteers work tirelessly to provide each animal and their households the additional assist and care they want. From fostering to transportation, humane schooling and every thing in between, volunteers are making a distinction. 

Dr. Janet Lalonde started working with the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society as a veterinarian with a personal apply. After 40 years in non-public apply, which she bought three years in the past, she continues to make use of her license to graciously help the Ontario SPCA with the cell spay/neuter clinic and animal re-homing missions.  

Fulfilling a lifelong dream 

Dr. Lalonde’s path to veterinary medication was obvious early in her life. At six, she acquired her first canine companion. Her mother and father welcomed a Kerry Blue terrier into their household and he rapidly grew to become “her canine.” 

Wildlife fascinated her and she or he collected each Nationwide Geographic guide and journal she might get her palms on. As she grew, she painted mannequin birds and shortly her bed room partitions have been adorned together with her work.  

“At that time I knew the writing was on the wall as to the place I used to be heading,” she explains. 

Volunteering with the Ontario SPCA 

After promoting her apply three years in the past, however nonetheless anxious to be concerned with animals, Dr. Lalonde volunteers her time with the SPCA Cellular Animal Wellness Providers unit, a cell spay/neuter clinic that helps to cut back pet overpopulation throughout the province. Up to now this yr, over 500 spay/neuter surgical procedures have been carried out, stopping greater than an estimated 13,000 unplanned offspring. Dr. Lalonde devotes lengthy days and early mornings to the consumption and the restoration of animals earlier than and after they’ve had their surgical procedure. She is a fixture at cell occasions within the Cornwall space. 

Dr. Lalonde has given a lot to the group for a few years, together with free surgical procedures and medical care, in addition to fostering litters of puppies. Now that she has bought her apply, she has extra time to provide to the group that she has supported for over 25 years. 

Be taught extra concerning the SPCA Cellular Animal Wellness Providers Unit. 

Dr. Lalonde additionally assists with the switch of canines from North Carolina into Canada. With many animal shelters in america at capability, they don’t have area to assist any extra animals that present up on their doorstep. The Ontario SPCA works with companions south of the border to carry these canines to elements of Ontario the place there are loving households ready to undertake. 

“Janet works very arduous with the Ontario SPCA and we’re very lucky to have her volunteering with us in a number of elements from meals distributions to canine transfers and dealing at animal centres and with the cell unit together with her veterinary abilities and experience,” says Bonnie Bishop, Affiliate Director, Group Outreach Providers, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. 

A love of animals has been a relentless in Dr. Lalonde’s life. She presently has a “crew” of 9 canines and cats, all however one in all whom have been adopted from the Ontario SPCA.  

Training veterinary medication was a gratifying profession, says Dr. Lalonde. “I labored six days per week and had amassed 40 years of fantastic shoppers,” she says. “I used to be by no means bored. One thing good would come out of just about day by day. That made all of the work worthwhile.” 

The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is grateful to Dr. Lalonde for her unwavering dedication to serving to animals. 

Fascinated about changing into a volunteer for the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society? Go to ontariospca.ca/volunteer to seek out out how one can make a distinction for animals in want.