News Category: Animal cruelty

A Merritt-area man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to tying his golden Lab cross dog to his truck and dragging her behind the vehicle. Bobby Elliott was charged with animal cruelty under both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Actand the Criminal Code following a BC SPCA investigation last summer. “On June 17, a …

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A Kamloops man has been banned from owning animals for five years after failing to provide veterinary care for his injured five-week-old pomeranian puppy.  William Wallace was charged with animal cruelty in 2010 and was sentenced last week following a BC SPCA investigation into the case. Wallace was also fined $250 and ordered to pay …

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Crown counsel has approved charges of animal cruelty against Duncan residents Norman Modeste and Patrick Edwards following a BC SPCA animal cruelty investigation. Princess, a miniature pinscher, was alleged dragged behind a truck and left for weeks without veterinary treatment for a broken jaw and fractured leg.  BC SPCA constables attended to the injured dog …

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Rocky, a severely emaciated dog rescued by the BC SPCA in Surrey, is the subject of an animal cruelty investigation currently under way by the non-profit animal welfare society. The BC SPCA took the two-year-old Doberman into care Jan. 18 after responding to a complaint about a dog in distress in a neighbourhood near 120th …

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The owner of 34 husky dogs taken into BC SPCA care in 2007 pled guilty and was sentenced this week to a 10-year ban on owning animals. Stacey Lajeunesse of Tumbler Ridge voluntarily surrendered the badly neglected dogs following an investigation by SPCA constables. In total, SPCA officers took 23 puppies, ranging in age from …

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Charges of animal cruelty have been laid against a Vanderhoof resident after BC SPCA constables seized 25 shepherd- and terrier-type dogs and 21 cats from his property. The sick and badly neglected animals, who were seized on June 23, were cared for at the North Cariboo (Prince George) and Vernon branches of the BC SPCA …

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The BC SPCA has intensified its search for information on a female, chocolate-coloured pit bull who was found stuffed into a suitcase in a lane behind the 200-block of East 12th Avenue (between Main and Sophia) after learning how the animal died. The deceased dog was found by passersby in a black Kika brand suitcase near …

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December 3, 2010 The BC SPCA is urging the public to protect their animals from freezing temperatures after cruelty investigators in Prince George seized three dogs whose owner had left them outdoors without proper protection from the elements. “There is no excuse for subjecting animals to this kind of neglect,” said BC SPCA constable Chad Bohanan, noting …

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