February 8, 2010The BC SPCA will be recommending charges of animal cruelty against Mountain View Conservation Centre following a six-week investigation into the care of giraffes at the Fort Langley facility. Marcie Moriarty, head of the BC SPCA’s Cruelty Investigations Department, said the SPCA is waiting for necropsy results and will submit its recommendation to Crown counsel …
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January 28, 2010BC SPCA special constables have seized 10 cats and six dogs from a residence in Clearwater, following an animal cruelty investigation. “When we attended the property in response to a complaint, we found animals living in a filthy, dark shack,” said senior animal protection officer Kent Kokoska. “There was a strong stench of ammonia from …
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January 26, 2010(Warning: Graphic photo below. Discretion is advised.) BC SPCA animal cruelty investigators are seeking the public’s help in solving a disturbing case in Dawson Creek. “It’s a bizarre and very upsetting case where an individual woke up on Jan. 15 to find a large block of ice on his lawn,” explains Marcie Moriarty, general manager …
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January 18, 2010An emaciated golden retriever and her 11 puppies are now safe in BC SPCA custody following a cruelty investigation earlier this week. The nursing mother, whose ribs protrude through her thin coat, is under veterinary care, and the four-week-old puppies are also receiving care for nutritional issues. “It is such a sad case because it …
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January 18, 2010A man who left three dogs tied in the back of a parked pickup truck in the heat of summer has been charged with animal cruelty. William Hayward faces charges of allowing animals to be in distress after he left his dogs in a truck parked outside the Best Western Motel in Chilliwack on July …
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January 18, 2010Michelle Kuberski and Kenneth Bunker have pled guilty to charges of animal cruelty following a BC SPCA investigation on their rural farm near Dawson Creek. The two were sentenced last week in Dawson Creek Court to a $700 fine, two years probation and instructions that the BC SPCA be given a list of all remaining …
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January 18, 2010The BC SPCA is reminding pet guardians that it is their responsibility to protect their pets during cold weather. A female German shepherd was seized this week in Langley after the owner repeatedly failed to comply with SPCA orders to provide adequate outdoor shelter for the dog. “Ideally an animal should be inside the home, …
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January 7, 2010North Saanich woman who allowed her dog to suffer with a broken jaw, pneumonia and a collapsed lung has been banned from owning animals for three years. Iris Crystal Jones was handed the ban after pleading guilty to animal cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. “This was a horrific case of neglect,” …
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December 14, 2009The BC SPCA has received a complaint that was forwarded to us from Zoocheck regarding the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre. We are currently conducting an investigation into the allegations and that this investigation is ongoing. The owner is currently cooperating with the investigation. We do not have any updates at this moment, nor …
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December 9, 2009December 9, 2009 Crown counsel has approved multiple charges of animal cruelty against a Vernon animal owner. Carla Christman is charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Criminal Code after BC SPCA constables acting on a search warrant seized 28 thin and emaciated horses languishing with untreated injuries on her property. Investigators also …
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