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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
BC SPCA animal protection officers have seized 129 neglected cattle in two separate seizures from a property in Cawston, B.C. The cattle were being housed in substandard conditions with no access to shelter or protection from the elements. Numerous carcasses of dead cows were also discovered on the property. “The pens where the cattle were …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
BC SPCA animal protection officers have removed 63 neglected dogs from an individual in Mission who claimed to be operating a rescue organization. The dogs, who were suffering from a range of medical and behavioural welfare concerns, were examined by veterinarians and are now being cared for at various SPCA locations. The dogs taken from …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
The BC SPCA is hoping to make this Christmas a warm, happy one for Clifford, a deaf and blind stray, who came into the care of the SPCA’s Williams Lake location after being rescued from a ravine in 150 Mile House. The five-year-old Poodle-Australian shepherd mix was brought to the SPCA by a Good Samaritan …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is caring for 59 cats and kittens and one ewe rescued from a property in the Cloverdale area of Surrey. The animals were taken into SPCA care on May 13 and 14 after it was discovered the animals had been left alone on the property. “The conditions in the home were extremely …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Late last year, you showed the BC SPCA a ton of puppy love! There is so much good news to share about the puppies who came into our care and one amazing, super-mom. Celeste and her puppies Celeste was emaciated when she arrived at the Nanaimo shelter along with her five puppies. She had been …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Animal Stories
