Answering Your Questions About Animal Services

Report incidents of cruelty or neglect to the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) at 1-888-668-7722. If you believe an animal's life is in immediate danger, please contact Animal Services at 905-458-5800.

Provincial statutes require us to keep stray animals for 72 hours (three days). However, we hold all stray animals that people turn in to Brampton Animal Shelter for seven days, unless the animal is suffering from injuries or is extremely ill. We will check the animal to find out it it has a microchip or tattoo that may provide information about the animal's owner. We will review reports of animals that people have recently lost to see if the animal matches the description of anyone's lost pet. We will give the animal a medical examination and assess its temperament. After 72 hours, we will consider the animal's age, medical condition and the temperament before deciding whether it is suitable for adoption.

Brampton has three leash-free zones: White Spruce Park, Chris Gibson Park, and Bramalea Community Park. The leash-free zones are open from dawn until dusk. Dog owners must have vaccinated, licenced, and neutered or spayed their dogs before they can use the leash-free zones. The City does not allow dogs that are aggressive to humans or other animals or dogs that have a history of biting in the leash-free zones. To protect children under ten years old, the City does not permit young children in leash-free zones. Please follow all rules and remember to "stoop and scoop".

We do not have a specific adoption period. If an animal remains healthy, happy and friendly, it remains in our adoption wings. We do not euthanize to make room for other animals.

The City of Brampton funds the Animal Shelter, which is responsible for enforcing animal control bylaws and housing stray animals. We also accept pets that owners no longer want and arrange for someone to adopt the animals. We help the public live harmoniously with urban wildlife. Humane Societies are responsible for preventing cruelty to animals and helping animals that are homeless, hungry or hurt. Donations from the public fund Humane Societies. The Peel Humane Society does not have a shelter in Brampton.

Report all animal bites to Animal Services so Peel Public Health Services can "quarantine" (isolate) the animal. If a stray animal bites you, please call Animal Services so we can capture the animal and prevent it from injuring other people.

The shelter always needs volunteers to socialize with the animals and walk the dogs. We often need foster parents to help raise orphaned kittens and mother cats with kittens. If you are interested, please call 905-458-5800.

You can protect your gardens from cats in several ways. First, make sure nothing is attracting the cat, such as garbage, rodents, feeding birds and other pets - even if they are indoors. Second, use materials that repel cats, including putting pine needles in the garden, planting citronella in the garden, and placing crushed eggshells, blood meal or another commercial product in flower beds. (You can buy blood meal or other commercial products at gardening stores.) If you would like to find out about removing the animal, please call Animal Services at 905-458-5800.

No. The shelter does not have a veterinarian on staff. Look in the Yellow Pages to find the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the many veterinarians in Brampton.

No. Since we do not know the history of most of the animals in the shelter, your pets could risk contracting a serious illness from the other animals.