July 22, 2021As British Columbia continues to battle raging wildfires, prompting a state of emergency to be declared this week, BC SPCA staff and volunteers are working to rescue animals from behind evacuation lines and to care for pets of displaced families through the SPCA’s free emergency boarding program. “This year, we’re seeing so many more requests …
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July 12, 2021The BC SPCA is hoping you can help give Gator a happy ending to a tragic situation. The six-year-old was recently brought to the BC SPCA location in Vancouver after being discovered in an abandoned doggy daycare. Gator was found in a kennel filled with urine and feces. It appears that he had been left …
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July 12, 2021Update: July 12th, 2021. Owner has been found, thank you to everyone who has shared this story! It was a joyful reunion for Princess and her owner today at the BC SPCA Animal Evacuation Centre in Kamloops. Princess, who was found wandering alone on 12 Mile Road and brought to the SPCA last week, was …
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July 8, 2021Thursday, July 8, 2021, 4 p.m. Update: BC SPCA animal protection officers were able to rescue 41 animals from 27 different properties behind fire evacuation lines in Lytton today. The SPCA was granted access to the area between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today to search for animals in the area. Working from lists provided …
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June 15, 2021The BC SPCA is hoping you can help give Ivy a happy ending to a harrowing ordeal. The seven-week-old kitten was recently brought to the BC SPCA location in Kelowna after being thrown from a moving vehicle. The impact was so severe that her tail skin was almost completely removed and one of her femurs …
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April 28, 2021The BC SPCA is hoping you can give Charlie a new leg up on life. The twenty-year-old gelding came to the BC SPCA’s attention through a cruelty investigation earlier this month. In addition to coming into care underweight and having suffered from rain scald, Charlie has a chronic hind leg injury, and is recovering from …
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January 1, 2021Jack Mullin had a deep and compassionate love for animals and taught his daughter Christine that a house is not a home without a pet. Jack’s commitment to caring for those who cannot care for themselves influenced Christine so deeply that today, as a teacher, she works to pass that same compassion and empathy towards …
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