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Anderson Joe of Duncan has been given a lifetime ban on owning animals and a 90-day suspended sentence in a case involving Teddy, an emaciated, chained dog who was seized by BC SPCA animal protection officers in February, 2018. “This is one of the most profoundly shocking and disturbing cases of abuse we have ever …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Midas came to the BC SPCA in December, 2018 as a result of a cruelty investigation. This poor little pony had been left behind on a property after his owners moved. He was weak from starvation when he was seized by an SPCA animal protection officer and brought to the Surrey Good Shepherd Barn. Midas …
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News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty, Farm
Kevin Timothy of Chemainus, has been charged with animal cruelty pursuant to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act following a BC SPCA investigation. In early May, 2019, the BC SPCA took custody of a one-year-old female German shepherd in critical condition. The dog, named Hope, was suffering from emaciation, dehydration, extreme muscle wasting and …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is investigating the death of a young kitten found deceased in an alleyway in the north end of Kelowna. The kitten, who was less than six weeks old, was found with a rope around its neck in the area of Ponto Road and McIntosh Road. “We received a call about this case …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The B.C. Farm Industry Review Board has awarded custody of 13 serval cats to the BC SPCA. BC SPCA animal protection officers seized these exotic animals from breeders near Kamloops in June after the cats were found living in horrific conditions. After months of specialized care, the servals will not be returned to their former …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is asking the public for any information about who may have shot and killed three small adult dogs and left their deceased bodies in a ditch. The animals were found on Sept. 16 near the intersection of Damms Road and Willow Cale Road in Prince George. BC SPCA officers recovered the bodies …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Senkō was the youngest in a group of 42 neglected horses seized from an Interior property in March. When horse trainer and large animal technician at Mills Veterinary Service, Kristi Kalke, first met Senkō he was just six-months-old, very scared and appeared to be completely feral. Kalke was part of a team working with head …
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News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty, Farm
Falcor, a small Pekingese dog recently arrived at the SPCA so severely neglected that he had necrotic tissue all up his back that had eaten away the flesh down to his spine. We did everything from blood transfusions to IV antibiotics to save him, but in the end, all we could do was hold him …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
The BC SPCA is reaching out to animal lovers across the province to help with care costs for 42 neglected horses who were seized from an Interior property in March. Veterinary, boarding and other costs for the horses have now exceeded $70,000. “The animals have been in a legal dispute up until this point, but …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
The BC SPCA applauds the passing of Bill C-84 by the Senate of Canada. The bill offers better protection for animals from acts of bestiality and from being used for animal fighting. Under the updated legislation anyone convicted of bestiality would be added to Canada’s National Sex Offenders Registry and can be banned from owning …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
