Animals

Domestic animals on Brome Lake territory

Any owner or guardian of a pet in Brome Lake must conform to By-law 2018-04 on animal control, including the wearing of a mandatory medal.

The organization mandated to apply the regulations to the territory is:

S.P.A. des Cantons

1507 Principale Road, Granby

Telephone: (450) 263-1117

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Number of pets allowed

• Five (5) animals in total by apartment or house in urban zones, for a maximum of two (2) dogs and three (3) cats. This limit of five animals does not apply to fishes or birds in a cage.
• If your dog or cat has a litter, you have the right to keep puppies or kittens during a period of three months after their birth. This is an exception to the
• In a rural environment, kennels (4 adult dogs or more) can be allowed under strict conditions.

The license is mandatory for all dogs on the territory

Mandatory: All the dogs of more than three months residing on the territory of Brome Lake have to wear their medal with their registration number at all time. The owner has to pay a fee of $10/year. The license is for sale at Town hall of Brome Lake.

Exceptions: The Town medal is not mandatory for dogs that you are boarding in a kennel, an animal hospital, a veterinary clinic or an animal rescue facility.

ABC of a well-behaved dog or cat

 What is allowed:

• Walk with your dog on leash in streets, paths, parks and squares that allow domestic animals. Check signs in parks to see if your dog is welcome.
• Leave your pet without a leash on your enclosed ground, if you live in an urban zone, but by making sure that he does not bark in an excessive way.

What is not allowed:

• Any pet who barks, mews, roars, bites or disturbs the peace and safety of one or more persons.
• The presence of a pet on any public or private ground without the consent of the owner or the occupant of the ground.
• The presence of a dog not kept on a leash outside a building or outside an enclosed ground or in public places.
• Any pet who destroys, damages, relieves himself on a private property other than the one of his guardian.
• To molest, harass, provoke or handle any animal with cruelty.
• To keep or to raise wild animals, tamed or not.
• To breed pets, somewhere else than on farms or an approved facility.
• Wear on yourself or be accompanied by a reptile in a public place.

Strays dogs

If a dog is found wandering, it will be caught by the organization mandated by the Town, which is the S.P.A. des Cantons. If your animal wears his medal and if the address and phone number of his owner or guardian are up to date, this one will be informed. He can get back his animal after having paid custodian fees according to the current contract.

You lost your dog or your cat in Brome Lake ?

• If you lose your pet on the territory of Brome Lake, here is some thought to help you to find him :
• Contact the S.P.A. des Cantons at (450) 263-1117 with the animal license number.
• Place posters in various places of the village like the grocery store, the hardware store, the veterinary clinics, the groomers, the pharmacy. On your poster, include a picture and a description of your animal, where he was lost, and, in the case he is found, who to contact with a valid phone number.
• Inform your neighbours and leave a bowl of food and some water outside your house.
• You can also announce on Petluck.ca or any other Facebook group in the region and the ones where you can report lost animals.

For more information 

Email: reception@lacbrome.ca
Telephone: (450) 243-6111

Problems or management of wild animals and fauna

If you have problems with a wild animal like a deer, a coyote or a bear, the first thing to do is to try to frighten it so that it stops bothering you on your property. The Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks provides you with « Trucs sur comment les effaroucher » (tricks to frighten them, IN FRENCH ONLY). If nothing works, communicate with:

Bureaux de la protection de la faune de la Montérégie

329 Racine Road, Granby (Québec) J2G 3B6

Telephone: (450) 776-7131
Toll free: 1 (800) 463-2191

Web site 

Ex : A bear has been wandering around your house or cottage for a few days? First, check if it does not come to your bird feeder at night. Solution: if it does, stop feeding birds for a few days and the bear will leave.

Non-domestic animals like skunks and raccoons

If a skunk has moved under your shed or a raccoon or a crow keeps eating your pet food, the first thing to do is to identify what attracts the animal on your property and to find tricks to frighten it, without having to relocate it (list of tricks suggested by the Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks – In French only). If nothing works, you will have to call a private firm to help you solve the problem.

To report an animal that is wounded, sick or that is showing strange behavior

You came across a wild animal which is not afraid of human beings or who even comes towards you? It could have rabies. An animal was struck by a vehicle and is hurt? Report any wounded, sick wild animal or who shows unusual behavior.

Contact toll free : 1 (877) 346-6763

You witnessed poaching or suspicious hunting or fishing activities

• Killing animals without a licence
• Hunting protected species
• Exceeding the assigned quotas
• Going hunting or fishing outside the hours or dates allowed by the law
• Using forbidden hunting or fishing methods or ways to entice or attract animals, birds or fishes

These are all forbidden practices and are liable to fines. So in order to protect the fauna, it is important to report any incident or suspicious activity.

SOS Poaching: 1 (800) 463-2191
E-mail: centralesos@mffp.gouv.qc.ca

To report a dead animal on the road or in the forest

If you hit an animal with your vehicle or see a dead animal by the roadside or in the forest, you have to contact the Bureaux de la protection de la faune de la Montérégie, especially if it is part of the animals that must be declared as the whitetail deer, the coyote, the Canadian elk, the bear, the possum and birds of prey. Consult the list of animals that must be declared to know which ones are mandatory by law.

Toll free : 1 (800) 463-2191
E-mail : centralesos@mffp.gouv.qc.ca