Court upholds Quebec family’s right to know who adopted their beloved cat Sundae
MONTREAL — A search for a cat has ended in Quebec’s highest court with a ruling this week that an animal shelter must divulge the identity of the family that took in the missing pet.
The Quebec Court of Appeal upheld a lower court decision ordering that the name and contact information of the adoptive family be handed over to the animal’s owner.
The ruling says Sundae, who has been owned by Axel Boucart since 2009, wandered off from the family home in Trois-Rivieres, Que. without his collar or tag “on or about” April 13 this year.
“Sundae is the epitome of feline sociability,” the family wrote on Facebook after the orange-and-white calico cat disappeared. “He goes to people, sticks to them and even invites them to supper and sometimes to bed.”