The Thompson Humane Society held its Annual General Meeting on Monday in the Mary Fenske Boardroom at the TRCC.

At the AGM, Board Chair Oswald Sawh, said the local Humane Society faced challenges in 2025, among the biggest being the irregular veterinary services and their impact on the THS operations.

This has caused the Humane Society to have less local adoptions and having to send loved family pets away to be humanely euthanised when ill.

Through its Animal Shelter at 27 Nelson Road, the Humane Society provided services to 118 dogs and cats.

Seventy-four were sent out to other no-kill shelters and rescues, many of them out of Manitoba, and only 19 were adopted locally.

Sawh said the low level of local adoptions can be attributed to challenges of owners not being able to access local health care services for their new pets.