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The BC SPCA officially broke ground today for a new large animal seizure facility to temporarily house farm animals rescued from abusive or neglectful situations. The new 2,500-square-foot facility is being constructed adjacent to the existing SPCA shelter at 3785 Casorso Road in Kelowna and will include six indoor-outdoor stalls, a tack room and hay …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Farm
After a not-so-happy start to life, Willow is getting a second chance for her happily ever after with a new adoptive family today. The Siberian husky mix, found severely emaciated earlier this year wandering in Maple Ridge, with nothing but gravel in her stomach, has come a long way since she first came into BC …
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News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty
A man accused of brutally stabbing his three-year-old Pomeranian 61 times has been charged with animal cruelty. Criminal Code and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act charges were laid against 27-year-old Artyom Goncharuk of Richmond following a BC SPCA investigation carried out last September. Richmond RCMP were called to Goncharuk’s residence on Sept. 15, where …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Karin and Catherine Adams have been charged with animal cruelty under both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Criminal Code of Canada following a BC SPCA investigation. In August, SPCA constables seized 18 horses, 18 dogs, 15 birds, two cats and 104 fish in various states of distress from the Adams’ property …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
He was found bleeding, without any identification, and a rope embedded at least an inch into his neck. Jay, a five-month-old collie/German shepherd puppy, is also severely underweight and is fighting an infection from the horrible wound on his neck, says Cowichan and District BC SPCA Branch manager Sandi Trent. “The rope had grown at …
News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is moving quickly in its investigation of a horrific case of animal abuse in Surrey. The RCMP initially responded to a 911 call at a Surrey basement suite, where they found a three-year-old black Labrador retriever badly beaten and bleeding from multiple stab wounds. The dog, named Ryder, had gone missing …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
What do the BC SPCA, Microsoft and the Vancouver Canucks have in common? They are among the organizations voted as “Dream Employers” in the second annual survey conducted by Miles Employment Group, the Vancouver Board of Trade and Insights West. The survey, conducted between Nov. 17 and Dec. 9, 2014, asked British Columbians 18 years …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
WARNING: the following story contains graphic images The BC SPCA’s Cruelty Investigations Department has identified the owner of a severely emaciated Siberian husky found wandering in Maple Ridge on Jan. 31. The young dog, estimated to be between one and two years old, weighed 15 kilograms upon intake, compared to a normal weight of about …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Lower Mainland dog walker Emma Paulsen was sentenced today to six months in jail and has been given a 10-year ban on owning animals and a lifetime ban on caring for other people’s pets. Paulsen was charged with animal cruelty following a BC SPCA investigation last May. On May 13, 2014 Paulsen reported that six …
News Category: Animal cruelty
Crown counsel has approved animal cruelty charges against former Centerplate CEO Des Hague following a BC SPCA investigation into the case. Images of Hague mistreating a friend’s Doberman puppy were captured last July on the elevator surveillance video in his downtown Vancouver apartment complex. Hague has been charged with two counts (Section 24 (1) and …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
