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Update: In November 2023, veterinarians across the province voted overwhelmingly in favour of including the ban on feline declawing in the bylaws that govern their work. Previously, declawing had only been banned as a standard of practice. Being written into the bylaws ensures a stronger and more lasting change. The ban on feline declawing joins …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Pet care
In late September, 30 Dachshunds were rescued from breeders in the Okanagan where the dogs were being kept in terrible conditions. Three of the dachshunds were pregnant at the time they came into the BC SPCA’s care. Staff and volunteers welcomed a total of 11 pups into the world from these three loving moms! The …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
On November 16, the BC SPCA received a letter by email from Animal Justice stating the organization had received anonymous video footage back in August which was allegedly filmed on the Excelsior Hog Farm in Abbotsford between April and June 2023. In the letter to the BC SPCA, Animal Justice summarizes parts of the raw …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Remember the story of the 16 Yorkshire terriers and a Pomeranian seized by BC SPCA animal protection officers after they were found in appalling living conditions? Their lives have changed so much in such a brief time. A North Okanagan-area breeder was housing the dogs in a room with an overwhelming ammonia smell and dirty, …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The photo of these impossibly fluffy kittens is just too much! Mom came into the BC SPCA’s care pregnant, part of an animal protection investigation that took place earlier this year. Gnocchi, as named by BC SPCA staff, gave birth to four kittens at one of the community animal centers. Staff soon became attached to …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
In mid-September, the BC SPCA received a report from the RCMP regarding an individual in possession of animals possibly in distress who was squatting on Crown land in the Kootenays. This individual, who had several animals with them, was believed to have been charged with animal cruelty numerous times in the past. An investigation was …
News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA seized 30 Dachshund dogs from an Okanagan breeder, ranging in age from four months to five years of age. The dogs were found to have dental disease, overgrown nails, exposure to high ammonia levels and were living in unsanitary conditions. They were kept in small crates; the little bedding present was soiled …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Buttercup, a yellow Lab mix, was found running loose in Comox with suspicious injuries. She was brought to the BC SPCA and was immediately taken to a veterinarian. They determined that her leg had been broken in two places, had healed incorrectly and would need to be amputated. Even though someone had cruelly taped Buttercup’s …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
It was a devastating story. These were some of the most emaciated dogs that the animal protection officers who rescued them and the veterinarians who treated them had ever seen. In January, BC SPCA animal protection officers seized 13 starving dogs from an individual in Clearwater who was breeding and selling presa canario dogs for …
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News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is warning the public to beware of a man and woman selling sick, skinny kittens in Surrey. The SPCA has received 11 complaints during the past several months from people believed to have purchased kittens and cats from the pair. “In many cases the animals begin showing symptoms of illness days after …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
