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Last year, proposed changes to the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC)’s Code of Practice for Mink were released for public comment, which proposed rolling back welfare improvements on fur farms across Canada. The amendments, driven by the mink industry, proposed eliminating a 2023 deadline for larger cages and allowing the use of killing methods …
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News Category: Take action, Wildlife
BC SPCA animal protection officers are behind fire evacuation lines in Monte Lake caring for and feeding animals who are sheltering in place after flames spread through the community. “Our hearts go out to the residents of Monte Lake,” says Alex Schare, BC SPCA regional manager of cruelty investigations. “Thankfully it appears that many people …
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News Category: Pet care
The BC SPCA is warning dog guardians to be aware of what appears to be an unusual strain of kennel cough showing up in the dog population in B.C. “We first started seeing cases in dogs coming into our facilities in July and began hearing of similar cases in the community, particularly in the Kamloops …
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News Category: Pet care
The BC SPCA is issuing a warning and offering up some helpful tips after several indoor cats have escaped from homes during the summer months. Additionally, cat guardians in high rise buildings need to be on alert to safeguard their pets after a number of cats have suffered injury or death after falling from balconies. …
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News Category: Pet care
With access to three BC SPCA AnimalKind accredited dog training companies, residents in the valley can now benefit from more humane training options to train their dogs. Comox Valley’s Go Dog Go! and Wild at Heart are the latest companies to receive AnimalKind accreditation. The BC SPCA created the AnimalKind program to provide information to …
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News Category: Community
On July 22, BC SPCA special constable Alex Jay was assisting at Charlie’s Pet Food Bank, a weekly SPCA outreach program for pet guardians in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, when a man came in, desperately seeking help for his seven-year-old dog who had been burned in the Okanagan wildfires. The man had been working as a …
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News Category: Pet care
