Since 2010
Our mission
Sauvetage Animal Rescue helps animals in distress. We deploy people and equipment to carry out rescue missions for citizens, businesses and municipalities.
A gap in the emergency chain
When a person is in distress, an entire system springs into action. For an animal, nothing comparable existed in Québec. Firefighters and municipal animal services did what they could, but nobody was trained specifically to bring down a cat fifteen metres up a tree or pull a raccoon from the bottom of a chimney.
Sauvetage Animal Rescue grew out of that gap. The organization applies the principles of emergency response to the animal world: a dispatch centre that takes the calls, graded intervention levels, safety procedures, and a registry where every mission is documented from the first call to its closure.
What we do
- Technical rescue at height, on ice, in sewers and in confined spaces
- Safe capture of stray, reactive or injured animals
- Transport to partner shelters and clinics
- Support for emergency services and municipalities
- Training for the public and for professionals
- Awareness workshops in elementary schools
Who calls us
Our calls come from citizens, municipal animal services, police and fire departments, shelters, businesses and sometimes other rescue organizations. What they have in common: an animal is in a situation it cannot get out of alone, and nobody on site has the equipment or the training to intervene safely.
Funded by its members
We receive no government grants and no public funding. Everything rests on member dues, donations, street campaigns and our community. That is what guarantees our independence, and it is also what makes every single membership matter.