For all other calls and inquiries
see our contact details.
Search Adoptable Animals
or Lost & Found Pets
For the second time in Canadian history, federal candidates will square off on April 23 in a national all-party debate focused on animal protection issues. Animal protection first emerged as an election issue during the 2021 federal election, with the main parties making campaign announcements and platform commitments. A 2024 Nanos poll found 43 per …
Continue reading “BC SPCA to co-host national animal protection election debate on April 23”
News Category: Animal cruelty
On April 4, 2025, at the Duncan Law Courts, Rhees William Kendall and Tanisha Lynn Kendall were found guilty of one count each of willfully causing or permitting unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal or a bird, contrary to section 445.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code. Between October 31, 2023, and November 16, 2023, …
News Category: Animal cruelty
On March 3, 2025, Crown counsel approved charges of animal cruelty (Criminal Code, Section 445.1(1) (a)) against Zachary Petropolis, for causing unnecessary pain and suffering to a dog in Kelowna in December 2023. “We received a number of calls into the BC SPCA’s Animal Helpline about this individual abusing his dog,” says Eileen Drever, BC …
Continue reading “Crown counsel approves charges in case of animal abuse”
News Category: Animal cruelty
At the Penticton Law Courts on February 12, Charlotte Joan Patterson pled guilty to one count of causing or permitting an animal to be in distress contrary to section 24(1) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act. On December 16, 2022, BC SPCA animal protection officers were attending an unrelated investigation in Cawston, B.C. when …
Continue reading “Owner of horse found in critical distress pleads guilty”
News Category: Animal cruelty
The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) is setting its sights on a bold future for animal welfare in the province with the launch of its new 2025-2030 strategic plan. With an emphasis on tackling the root causes of animal suffering, while continuing to act as a safety net for …
News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty, Farm, Pet care, Wildlife, Youth
On January 27, charges of animal cruelty were laid against an individual in the case of 32 dogs rescued by BC SPCA Animal Protection Officers in February, 2024. Bonnie Milligan faces charges pursuant to the Criminal Code of Canada Section 445.1 (1)(a) willfully causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal and Section 446.(1)(b) …
Continue reading “Update: charges of animal cruelty laid against Clearwater breeder”
News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
Since 2019, the BC SPCA has seen a 350 per cent increase in the number of disputes against animal removals resulting from animal protection investigations, at a huge cost to both the organization and the animals’ welfare. Further to this, approximately 50 per cent of the BC SPCA’s “no-return” dispute decisions are being appealed to …
News Category: Animal cruelty
BC SPCA animal protection officers have rescued 59 dogs, including 12 chihuahuas, four French bulldogs and 43 Cane Corsos plus 14 birds from an irresponsible breeder in Quesnel after receiving concerns of several injured adult dogs on the property. Many of the dogs are young puppies, with 18 of the Cane Corso pups born within …
Continue reading “BC SPCA rescues 59 dogs and puppies from irresponsible breeder in Quesnel”
News Category: Animal cruelty
Coco, a 2-year-old Black Mouth Cur and Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, was found as a stray in Quesnel, BC by a kind passerby who noticed the pregnant stray frequenting their property over several days. They reached out to the BC SPCA Animal Helpline to get this sweet, stranded girl the care she needed. When BC SPCA …
Continue reading “Rescued pregnant stray and her nine puppies find their forever homes”
News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty
It is hard to imagine someone dumping two defenseless puppies on the side of the road, but that is exactly what happened to Brody and Blake. These border mix puppies were abandoned on a remote stretch of road in Nehemiah Valley. By some miracle they were found by a kind passerby who reached out to …
Continue reading “Rescued from the roadside: the transformation of two abandoned puppies”
News Category: Animal cruelty
