August 14, 2018She was there for her owner until the end – and now Gypsy needs someone to be there for her. Staff at the BC SPCA’s Sunshine Coast Branch are hoping the community will come forward and help this sweet nine-year-old Staffordshire Terrier mix who will need surgery to correct her cherry eye, along with a …
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August 13, 2018The BC SPCA is on high alert, bracing for the need to assist animals impacted by the province’s raging wildfires. This past Friday, an evacuation order was issued for areas that included the BC SPCA’s Quesnel Branch. We’ve also taken the precautionary measure of evacuating animals from our Williams Lake Branch. Staff and volunteers worked quickly …
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July 18, 2018Staff at the BC SPCA’s East Kootenay Branch are hoping you’ll be a hero for Hero, an eight-year-old Coonhound cross. “Hero is one of the sweetest, quietest hounds I’ve ever met,” says Christy King, BC SPCA East Kootenay Branch manager. “She’s got such a personality; she enjoys sunbathing and cuddling up in her favourite comfy …
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July 6, 2018Wolfie is an affectionate 12-year-old American Eskimo with a long road to recovery ahead of him. That’s why staff at the BC SPCA’s East Kootenay Branch are hoping the public will help this adorable boy with his care. “Wolfie is obese. It’s actually taken him some time to become as large as he has, which …
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April 25, 2018When Jeanine Rawlings looks at her dog Kimmy today she sees a happy, energetic family member. But that wasn’t always the case. “I was Kimmy’s foster parent, so I met her when she was just beginning her road to recovery,” says Rawlings. “She’s a totally different dog today.” When Rawlings first met Kimmy she had …
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March 28, 2018A young kitten who was hit by a car needs a little help to live out the rest of his nine lives without pain. Tiny Turmeric, an eight-week-old ginger tabby brought in by a Good Samaritan after he was struck by a vehicle, needs to see a dental specialist to have three teeth, all broken …
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March 12, 2018Staff at the BC SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) on Vancouver Island are hoping the public can help a Great horned owl who needs some help from her animal-loving friends. Rescued by a Good Samaritan, the owl was underweight and had problems with one of her eyes. “She was very skinny – the problems with …
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March 2, 2018Both of his front legs are twisted at an awkward angle, making it hard for him to run and play like other dogs his age. Twister, a 10-month-old Rottweiler mix, came into care at the BC SPCA West Vancouver Branch as a stray with filthy, patchy fur. “His front legs are deformed due to an …
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February 9, 2018Warning: 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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February 8, 2018A cat in care at the BC SPCA South Okanagan/Similkameen Branch needs some help to live out the rest of her nine lives without pain. Sugar Plum, a sweet senior kitty who came into care as a stray, has entropion of her eyelids, which means her lids turns the wrong way and her eyelashes scrape …
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