Animal control: What Calgary can teach Montreal

Of the more than 26,000 lost, abandoned or stray dogs and cats that end up in shelters every year in Montreal, an estimated 50 to 60 per cent are put down for want of a home, according to city figures.
That works out to slightly over 1,000 dogs and cats killed each month.
In Calgary, where the dog population is of similar size, the euthanization rate for dogs is around five per cent.
There is no simple explanation for the glaring discrepancy, but what Calgary has and Montreal lacks is an animal-