Animal-related safety is a public health and infrastructure issue
At Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals, Increased ACCESS and the Indigenous SPCA project are sharing a simple idea: community-led animal management systems are part of how healthy, safe communities are built.
Indigenous SPCA is a project of Increased ACCESS.
Why an Invoice?
Most communities in Canada rely on permanent systems for animal control and public safety: bylaws, enforcement authority, sheltering infrastructure, veterinary access, and consistent operating funds.
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Many rural and remote Indigenous communities have been expected to manage the same risks without access to those foundations.
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Our “invoice” is not theatre. It is a reminder that these gaps are structural, predictable, and solvable.
This is not about “Indigenizing animal welfare.”
Indigenous SPCA is not a re-skin of conventional animal welfare.
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It is a community-led approach to building animal management systems that support:
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public safety
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human and animal health
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land use planning
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local governance capacity
The goal is durable infrastructure and authority, not episodic crisis response.
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SPCA stands for Safety for People, Communities and Animals.
From crisis response to local systems
Governance and authority
Supporting communities to develop locally grounded bylaws, roles, and decision pathways that create clarity and accountability.
Infrastructure and
service access
Mobile and modular tools that make veterinary care, containment, transport, and humane response possible in places where those options do not exist.
Financing that matches
the reality
Shifting from short-term grants and volunteer reliance to sustainable financing tied to measurable outcomes in safety, health, and community wellbeing.