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The BC SPCA has seized 59 neglected and injured cats from a property in Chase. The 47 adult cats and 12 kittens were being kept in an outdoor camper and a travel trailer and were suffering from a wide variety of medical issues. “The cats were being kept in a filthy environment, with feces everywhere …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
BC SPCA staff are hoping the public can help a brave seven-month-old Pomeranian named Stuffy. The subject of a BC SPCA cruelty investigation, Stuffy was seized by BC SPCA constables with two broken front legs that require immediate orthopedic surgery. “Stuffy is such a sweetheart! Despite the pain he’s been in, he’s so friendly and …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
BC SPCA constables seized 25 sick and neglected animals from a Mission property yesterday. The animals included nine pigs, three goats, three turkeys, two alpacas, two horses, a llama, a miniature horse, a miniature pony and a calf. Two dogs – an Akita cross and a hound cross – were also seized. The farm animals …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A Vernon judge has handed down a nine-month jail sentence to an Armstrong man who breached his sentencing conditions after being convicted of animal cruelty. It is the longest jail sentence related to an animal cruelty case in B.C. history. Gary Roberts, 69, was found guilty of two counts of animal cruelty on Dec. 19, …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Markus, a two-and-a-half-year-old tabby cat, arrived in the care of the South Peace BC SPCA Branch under truly unfortunate circumstances. In an effort to ‘home neuter’, someone tied up Markus’ scrotum and the tip of his penis with an elastic band, leaving him in excruciating pain. “A Good Samaritan had seen Markus out on a …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Pet care
A Powell River resident is facing charges of animal cruelty following a BC SPCA investigation. Carol Battaglio will make her first court appearance on April 4 to face charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after SPCA constables removed nine alpacas, one llama and five chickens from her property. “We were particularly concerned …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
At first, she didn’t know how to play. She was emaciated, anemic, nervous and scared. But that didn’t deter local lawyer Chris Ness from adopting Emily, formerly Chilli, a Bernese Mountain dog seized with 65 other animals from a puppy mill in Langley last February, dubbed the Langley 66. Now a therapy dog with St. …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Pet care
BC SPCA constables have seized 13 adult dogs, seven puppies and seven horses from a property in Cheslatta, south of Burns Lake. The seized dogs, primarily Australian shepherds and mixed breeds, included six puppies under two days old and one three-week-old puppy. “The owner does not live on the property and the dogs were left …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A lovable pup has found himself in need at the Burnaby SPCA after a rough start in life. Beau, a two-year-old border collie-kelpie mix was surrendered after an investigation in the Cariboo District, where he was found with three buckshot pellets in his leg. “Beau was found limping and it was determined that he had …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
A Courtenay resident has been banned from owning animals for 10 years after failing to provide necessary veterinary care for his 10-year-old English bulldog. Darren Wiebe was also given a one-year suspended sentence, 12 months’ probation and ordered to complete 50 hours of community service. Wiebe’s dog Fallen was surrendered to the Comox & District …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
