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Adoption day: Handsome’s happy to go to his forever home

February 9, 2018

Warning: The following story contains graphic images His tail never stops wagging. Handsome, the emaciated mastiff rescued from a property in Hope in December, found tethered with a chain outside in freezing cold temperatures, was happy to go to his forever home Friday. Adopters Pat and son Nolan say the friendly gentle giant, who has …

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Beautiful Bethany hopes for help and a home as a ‘tri-pawed’ pet

January 24, 2018

BC SPCA East Kootenay Branch staff are hoping the public can help a tortoiseshell kitten with a broken left front elbow. Bethany, a kitten not even a year old, came into BC SPCA care with the injury, which hadn’t healed properly. “When the leg was broken, Bethany wasn’t taken to the vet and the damage …

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Sweet Suzy hoping for help from her animal-loving friends

January 23, 2018

Poor Suzy only wants to play. The one-year-old dog, brought in as a stray by a Good Samaritan, has a broken hip that never healed properly, leaving her in constant pain and unable to sit properly. “She limps constantly and sits funny from the break not healing properly,” says BC SPCA North Cariboo Branch manager …

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Lovable Nugget needs help to make the new year bright

January 3, 2018

She wags her tail so hard that sometimes, she injures herself. Nugget, a lovable fawn-coloured mastiff mix, came into care at the BC SPCA Vernon & District Branch with two torn cruciate ligaments in her back legs. A painful condition, it affects Nugget’s ability to walk and without treatment, will lead to arthritis in her …

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Shuswap BC SPCA staff hope public can help sweet Silverbell

January 2, 2018

She was found by a Good Samaritan, nearly dragging both back legs behind her. Silverbell, a two-year-old silver tabby, had a broken left hind leg and an old break injury on her right leg that had already started to heal, leaving her right knee in bad shape. “We’re not sure how the injuries happened, but …

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BC SPCA constables seize 74 farm animals near Barriere

December 14, 2017

The BC SPCA has seized 74 farm animals from a rural property in Barriere. Special constables removed 31 sheep, 19 piglets, 12 chickens, seven pigs, four goats, and a rooster from the property on Dec. 12. “The animals were living in very substandard conditions, with lack of adequate shelter, water or food,” said Kathy Woodward, …

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Burns Lake animal charity helps community cats with BC SPCA grants

November 23, 2017

Thanks to a BC SPCA Community Animal Spay/Neuter Grant, the Lakes Animal Friendship Society (LAFS), a Burns Lake animal charity, has been able to help improve the community cat crisis in the area. “Zolley and Dooey were two kittens born into a colony that we were able to get adopted into loving homes. They were …

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Prince George takes big step toward addressing cat crisis

Caged rescued feral stray cat
November 14, 2017

Several cat colonies were brought under control and 221 cats were fixed thanks to a PetSmart Charities™ of Canada grant awarded to the BC SPCA North Cariboo Branch to address free-roaming cats in and around the city of Prince George. “We were able to bring three feral cat colonies in Prince George under control through …

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Ongoing intake of more than 200 cats and kittens stretching BC SPCA resources

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