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After having his leg shot off at the elbow, a dog at the Williams Lake SPCA must have the entire leg amputated. Someone shot Max, an affectionate white German Shepherd-husky mix, with a gun, leaving him with a horrible wound with exposed, broken and shattered bones and infection. “A Good Samaritan spotted Max about two …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
A Mission woman has been sentenced to three years’ probation and a 15-year ban on keeping animals, following a BC SPCA investigation. Faye Delores Parkinson, 75, was found guilty of two counts of animal cruelty under the Criminal Code earlier this year after BC SPCA constables seized 18 neglected animals from her property. Eleven Persian …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Charges of animal cruelty have been laid against a Vancouver Island woman accused of beating a seven-year-old teacup Chihuahua so severely that the dog had to be euthanized due to critical distress. The charges come after an investigation by the BC SPCA. Kylie Nikkels of Courtenay faces two counts of animal cruelty under the Criminal …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Bill C-246, the Modernizing Animal Protections Act, is headed for a vote in parliament again on September 28, 2016. “The bill could ban shark fin importation, the imporatation of cat and dog fur and make changes to the Criminal Code of Canada that could help the BC SPCA and other animal welfare societies across Canada …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Take action
The BC SPCA has removed 88 animals from a property in Langley. The 45 dogs, 18 cats and 24 farm animals and one turtle were seized during a warrant executed by BC SPCA constables on Sept. 19. Three dead animals were also found on the property. “We received a complaint about animals in distress on …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is seeking the public’s help in identifying two individuals who discarded a deceased dog in a Coquitlam dumpster on July 24. Necropsy results just received in the case suggest the young, female boxer-cross likely died from hyperthermia before being tossed in the dumpster. “Based on the necropsy results we believe the dog …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Crown counsel has charged Campbell River resident Tyrone Roberts with animal cruelty under the Criminal Code of Canada following a BC SPCA investigation. Tyrone Roberts is accused of punching and beating his male brindle pit bull-German shepherd cross named Cookie, causing serious facial and jaw injuries. Veterinary examinations carried out in February when the dog …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Crown counsel has charged Kamloops resident Christopher Mathes with animal cruelty under the Criminal Code of Canada in the beating death of the family’s Chihuahua-mix dog on Thanksgiving, 2015. BC SPCA investigators say the incident occurred during a family dinner, when the five-year-old dog named Jersey bit a family member, causing a small wound. “Mathes …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
In the wake of two recent seizures of animals from a Langley puppy mill and a Surrey breeder/boarder, BC SPCA staff and volunteers continue to work around the clock to help the cats and dogs, many of whom were rescued from deplorable conditions. As Vancouver BC SPCA staff and volunteers continue to accept and review …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
MARCH 14 UPDATE: Watch as Twister, one of the 66 seized dogs from a pupy mill in Langley, goes to her forever home. MARCH 10 UPDATE: The Vancouver BC SPCA Branch is now accepting new applications for the remaining adult dogs recently seized from the Langley puppy mill and will be reviewing accordingly. Breeds include …
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News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty
