For all other calls and inquiries
see our contact details.
Search Adoptable Animals
or Lost & Found Pets
Charges of animal cruelty have been laid against a Colwood couple following a BC SPCA investigation into a brutal attack on the family’s dog. Joseph White and Elizabeth Johnston have been charged under the Criminal Code of Canada after their dog Bryn sustained severe injuries consistent with blunt force trauma. “When she came into our …
Continue reading “Charges laid against Colwood couple after attack on family dog”
News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA announced today it will be recommending charges of animal cruelty against a Lower Mainland dog walker after six dogs died in her care on May 13. Dubbed the “Brookswood Six” by local media, the dogs were initially reported stolen by the dog walker, but on May 18 she admitted that the dogs …
Continue reading “BC SPCA to recommend charges in the death of six Langley dogs”
News Category: Animal cruelty
A four-month-old German shepherd puppy is recovering from multiple pellet-shot wounds after being found in a B.C. provincial park near Niskonlith Lake, near Chase. The BC SPCA has launched an investigation and is hoping someone in the community has information about the person or persons responsible. “Some individuals out walking their dogs by Nisquanles Lake …
Continue reading “Puppy found shot with pellets: SPCA seeks public’s help in solving case”
News Category: Animal cruelty
WARNING: Graphic content below The BC SPCA is hoping the public can help solve an animal cruelty case involving a deceased dog found near Revelstoke, B.C. “A member of the avalanche control safety patrol found a large cardboard box at a truck turn-around on the Western boundary of Glacier National Park,” says BC SPCA …
Continue reading “SPCA seeks public’s help in finding owner of deceased dog”
News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is seeking the public’s help to care for Savannah, an emaciated pregnant mare and four other horses seized this month from a rural property in the Fraser Valley. “The horses were severely undernourished and were suffering from a range of medical issues,” said BC SPCA senior animal protection officer Eileen Drever. “The …
Continue reading “SPCA seeks help for emaciated pregnant mare seized in cruelty investigation”
News Category: Animal cruelty, Take action
The BC SPCA, with assistance from the BC Cattlemen’s Association, removed 80 cows and 18 calves from a property near Quesnel on March 24. Representatives from the two organizations had previously carried out several site visits to discuss welfare concerns for the cattle and had provided a course of remedial action for the producer to …
Continue reading “BC SPCA and BC Cattlemen’s Association collaborate in animal neglect case”
News Category: Animal cruelty
Kamloops resident Steven Seidel has been convicted on three counts of animal cruelty in a disturbing case involving a family pet, Oreo. BC SPCA investigators recommended the charges against Seidel after determining that he strangled the cat with his bare hands last June. The body of the deceased cat was found in a garbage dumpster …
Continue reading “Kamloops man convicted in cat strangulation death”
News Category: Animal cruelty
Maple Ridge resident Jeffrey David Symons pleaded guilty today to causing the death of Tessa, a 13-year-old hearing impaired dog, who was left in his care by friends. On April 29, 2013, Symons brought Tessa to a Maple Ridge veterinary hospital claiming that she had fallen down some stairs and was having trouble breathing. She …
Continue reading “Maple Ridge man pleads guilty in death of Nova Scotia Duck Tolling retriever”
News Category: Animal cruelty
Many of the 16 dogs seized from a property in Clearwater earlier this month are now available for adoption at the Kelowna and Penticton BC SPCA branches and staff are hoping they’ll find the perfect forever homes for all of them. In Penticton, six of the 16 dogs – mostly standard poodles and golden retrievers …
Continue reading “Hoping for a home: Clearwater dogs now available for adoption”
News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty
Photo caption: (below) Shiva received veterinary care and has since been adopted into a new loving home – Photo credit: Unleashed Pet Portraits A Metchosin couple has been charged with animal cruelty following a BC SPCA investigation. Dave and Beverly Bickerdike have been charged under both the Criminal Code of Canada and the Prevention of …
Continue reading “Metchosin couple charged with animal cruelty”
News Category: Animal cruelty
