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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December 31, 2020The BC SPCA is seeking donations to help a cat who was struck by a vehicle after collapsing and becoming frozen to the ground on a highway near Montney, in northern B.C. “We believe this poor cat was wandering and probably succumbed to hypothermia and collapsed in the middle of the road,” says Candace Buchamer, …
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December 8, 2020The BC SPCA is hoping you can help give Holly a new leg up on life this holiday season. The young cat was recently brought into the Kelowna location after she was found shivering and crying outside a 24-hour emergency vet clinic overnight in the cold, wounded by an unknown trauma. “As soon as Holly …
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December 1, 2020The BC SPCA is launching a matching campaign supported by three generous donors to help provide urgently needed care for animals rescued from horrific situations of animal abuse. All donations up to $125,000 will be matched through the generosity of the Eldon and Anne Foote Fund, Eileen and Anna, and Gordon and Daphne Squire, helping …
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December 1, 2020This holiday season celebrate animals and animal lovers with gifts that also give back. We know this year has been tougher than most and hope these ideas will make it easier to organize shopping from the comfort of your home. 2022 Animal Calendar Give a gift to a homeless animal For animal lovers, and …
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November 25, 2020The BC SPCA is seeking donations of new pet toys to help make Christmas merrier for animals of low-income guardians in the Downtown Eastside. “The individuals we support in the Downtown Eastside love their pets so much, but they don’t have the disposable income to treat them at Christmas the way many of us do …
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November 24, 2020The BC SPCA is issuing a warning after two cats were found to be victims of an attempted home neutering earlier this month. While the brothers were brought to the SPCA in Vancouver for care, tragically, one of the cats didn’t survive from his injuries. “Someone had tried to do a home neuter and tied …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help