April 13, 2022The BC SPCA is reaching out to residents displaced by the devastating fire at the Winters Hotel in Gastown to offer free shelter for their pets until they are able to find alternate housing. “We can only imagine how difficult and upsetting this is for these residents, so we are here to help in any …
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April 5, 2022More B.C. veterinary students will be able to attend the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) on the University of Saskatchewan campus this August, following an announcement by the B.C. government to double its number of subsidized seats for the first time in more than a decade. For the past few years, the BC SPCA …
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April 1, 2022The BC SPCA is hoping you can help Ping, a beautiful orange tabby, who was attacked by two dogs. Ping was brought to the BC SPCA by a good Samaritan who saw two dogs shaking something and tossing it in the air as he was driving down a rural road just outside Enderby. When he …
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March 24, 2022The BC SPCA is urgently reminding pet guardians who live in high-rise buildings to protect their animals in response to a recent incident. Destiny, a beautiful, petite calico cat, broke her leg after tumbling off a balcony in January. She was brought to a veterinarian by a good Samaritan who found her. The veterinarian was …
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March 15, 2022The BC SPCA is hoping you can help Merritt, one of a litter of four kittens found living in a colony of feral cats underneath a townhouse in Prince Rupert by a kind neighbour who brought them to the BC SPCA. When the kittens arrived at the shelter they were all underweight, dehydrated, lethargic and …
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March 4, 2022When nine-year-old Sutter Rowse, who loves cats, saw a story about Hazel and the need for care for her injuries, he knew he had to do something. He and his mom, Leslie, came up with a “sweet” way to help her…selling homemade cinnamon buns by donation. Sutter’s mom posted about the fundraiser on a community …
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January 17, 2022The BC SPCA is hoping you can help Daisy, a sweet, golden lab who was run over by a car and has extensive injuries. “Daisy arrived at the shelter requiring urgent care,” says Chloe MacBeth, manager, Chilliwack BC SPCA. “She had a large laceration on her hind leg, had a severe paw injury, her face …
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January 16, 2022The outpouring of love for Betty White raised more than $400,000 in donations to the BC SPCA in her honour. Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to animals in Betty White’s memory (#bettywhitechallenge) leading up to and on January 17, what would have been her 100th birthday. “We have never seen anything like …
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January 10, 2022The BC SPCA is hoping you can help two puppies who, along with their five siblings, were part of an emergency intake after being found living in deplorable conditions. “The puppies were discovered in a trailer running loose with no visible food or water,” says Jodi Dunlop, manager BC SPCA Vancouver. “When they arrived they …
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December 30, 2021The BC SPCA is hoping you can help Forest, one of three kittens in a surprise litter. This six-week-old kitten was brought into the shelter along with his two siblings and his mom. “Forest is much smaller than his siblings,” says Marika Donnelly, manager BC SPCA Sunshine Coast. “When I took him out of the …
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