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The BC SPCA has seized 46 neglected dogs and puppies from a rural property north of Williams Lake. The dogs range in age and are American Eskimo, border collie, husky and Samoyed crosses. Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer for the BC SPCA, says the dogs are highly unsocialized and fearful. “The dogs were …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Robert Carolan of Duncan has been sentenced to four months in jail and has been banned from owning animals for 10 years after being convicted in the beating death of his 16-week-old puppy. Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer for the BC SPCA, said the necropsy results for the mixed-breed puppy named Dux indicated …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
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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News Category: Animal cruelty, Pet care, Ways to help
A 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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News Category: Ways to help
The BC SPCA Comox Valley & District Branch is making headway in addressing cat overpopulation in the region, but needs help from the community to achieve its goal of fixing 700 cats in the city of Courtenay and town of Comox. “With the help of generous funding from PetSmart Charities™ of Canada we have been …
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News Category: Pet care
A new report on Cats in Canada shows that the cat overpopulation issue continues to challenge communities across Canada, including British Columbia. “The tide is turning, we are seeing shifting attitudes towards the value of cats in our communities, spay/neuter rates are going up and more cats are receiving permanent ID in the form of …
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News Category: Pet care
