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Charges of animal cruelty have been laid against Nanaimo resident Sang Min Han in a horrifying abuse case involving a six-month-old female kitten named Tommy. A local veterinarian alerted SPCA animal protection officers in January 2010, when a client brought in a kitten with a severe head trauma, fractured rib, extreme neck and abdominal pain, …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
BC SPCA constables have seized 25 shepherd and terrier type dogs and 21 cats from a Vanderhoof couple. The sick and badly neglected animals are now in the care of the North Cariboo (Prince George) and Vernon branches of the BC SPCA. “We do have a history with these particular individuals,” said BC SPCA special …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A Boston Bar man whose three dogs were kept in a filthy dwelling and never allowed outside has been charged with animal cruelty. Delbert Margetts has been charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after BC SPCA constables found his three dogs living in deplorable conditions inside a home in Boston Bar. “These …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Sam Joe and Thelma David of North Saanich are facing new charges under the Criminal Code of Canada after breaching the conditions of a previous sentence on animal cruelty. In 2008, the couple was banned from having custody of animals after pleading guilty to severely neglecting 12 pit bulls in their care. In 2007, the …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
BC SPCA officials are expressing disappointment today with Crown counsel’s decision not to proceed with charges of animal cruelty against Mountain View Conservation and Breeding facility in Langley. The BC SPCA launched an extensive animal cruelty investigation at the facility in November 2009 after receiving a lengthy list of concerns about animal welfare neglect. “We are …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Crown counsel has laid charges of animal cruelty against Chilliwack resident Paula MacGougan after BC SPCA constables seized an emaciated golden retriever and her 11 puppies. MacGougan, whose animals were seized in January, faces charges under both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Criminal Code of Canada. When BC SPCA officers arrived …
News Category: Animal cruelty
A Nanaimo man whose dog’s fur was so matted that the animal’s head was barely discernable from his hind quarters has been charged with animal cruelty. Paul Korneluk is charged under both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Criminal Code of Canada for allowing Buckley, a lhasa apso/shih tzu mix, to endure …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A cat who was violently bludgeoned on Christmas Day 2006 is getting justice at last. After eluding authorities in locales around B.C. for more than three years, David Wayne Canaday was finally arrested on an outstanding warrant at the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Nelson earlier this month. Canaday pleaded guilty to a …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
James John Cairns is charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and is scheduled to make his first appearance in Victoria provincial court on June 12. “I think the lesson here is that just because something is safe for people doesn’t mean it’s safe for animals,” said Lynsay Bailey, the special provincial constable …
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of the BC SPCA in a dispute over the seizure of 28 thin and emaciated horses and 39 terrier mix dogs and puppies last year. The BC SPCA seized the animals following an animal cruelty investigation on a property near Vernon. “The animals were clearly in …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Farm
