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Does your pooch have what it takes to be “Best in Show”? Dog guardians and all Victoria-area animal lovers are invited to the 9th Annual “Best in Show” event on Saturday, June 2 at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort. The event, a fundraiser supporting abused, abandoned and injured animals rescued by the BC SPCA’s …
News Category: Events
Have you ever wanted to learn how to grow a wildlife-friendly garden? Or wondered what plants will encourage birds to visit and which are deer-resistant? On June 17, join the BC SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation (ARC) and the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS) Father’s Day Garden Party Tour to learn how to co-exist with nature …
The BC SPCA is pleased to demonstrate full support for a bill that is due for third reading in the next two weeks. Bill S-203, also known as the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, would make it illegal to capture, breed or move cetaceans with the intent of putting them in captivity …
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News Category: Take action, Wildlife
Like us, birds need three basic things to survive: food, water and shelter. You can help provide all three — right in your backyard. Food for thought Try choosing plants for your garden with birds in mind. You can attract birds with native plants like these that have seeds, berries or nectar for them to …
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News Category: Wildlife
The BC SPCA has begun construction of a new state-of-the-art Community Animal Centre in Kamloops to care for the region’s most vulnerable animals. A ground-breaking ceremony was held on Friday, May 18 for the new facility, which is being built on a 2.2-acre property across from the Kamloops Airport at 2815 Tranquille Road. The $6.5 …
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News Category: Ways to help
Update: the vaccine clinic is now fully booked. Thank you for your interest. The BC SPCA’s Vancouver Animal Hospital is offering a public vaccination clinic on Wed. June 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. to help rabbit guardians protect their pets against Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (RHD), a highly contagious and potentially fatal virus that is …
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News Category: Pet care, behaviour, prevention and education
With the recent warm weather and several calls already received by the BC SPCA about animals in hot cars, the animal welfare society is again, reminding people to leave their pets at home if they can’t keep them safe. Cars can become death traps in 10 minutes “People don’t realize just how quickly their cars …
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News Category: Pet care, behaviour, prevention and education, Tip Tuesday
There’s just a few days left to buy a lottery ticket to help B.C.’s most vulnerable animals. In the BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need, you can win big by helping abused, neglected and injured animals while earning at chance at thousands of dollars in cash prizes. But act quickly, the final ticket sales …
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News Category: Ways to help
BC SPCA summer camps will return this July and August for another season of animal-themed fun and learning, at 24 locations province-wide. How do BC SPCA summer camps differ from some other camps offered throughout B.C.? Paula Neuman, humane education manager, explains that while camp activities are based in play, all are specially-designed to teach …
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News Category: Youth
The BC SPCA applauds the College of Veterinarians of British Columbia on the implementation of a new mandatory standard of practice to ban the practice of declawing cats unless it is necessary as an appropriate medical therapy. “For nearly two decades the BC SPCA has been on record opposing procedures such as declawing, tail docking, …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Pet care, behaviour, prevention and education
