May 16, 2017The BC SPCA is applauding the Parks Board decision to ban the display of cetaceans at the Vancouver Aquarium as a significant move forward for animal welfare. “In the past 30 years, new research has emerged on the complexity of cetaceans and their ability to communicate, to create social bonds and to demonstrate cognitive abilities …
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News Category: Wildlife
May 15, 2017The BC SPCA has seized 59 neglected and injured cats from a property in Chase. The 47 adult cats and 12 kittens were being kept in an outdoor camper and a travel trailer and were suffering from a wide variety of medical issues. “The cats were being kept in a filthy environment, with feces everywhere …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
May 11, 2017A young filly foal, found orphaned and injured at only one day old, is recovering in the care of the Williams Lake SPCA. Lily was found with deep gashes across her rump and hind legs and was dehydrated, in pain and hungry when a Good Samaritan found her. “We tried to find her mother and …
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News Category: Farm, Ways to help
May 10, 2017There are nearly two million more hens and chickens in British Columbia than there was in 2011, according to Statistics Canada’s release of the 2016 Census of Agriculture data today. Nearly 40,000 more cattle were also reported, while other provinces showed dairy cow decline. In 2011, there were just under 19 million chickens raised for …
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News Category: Farm
May 9, 2017BC SPCA staff are hoping the public can help a brave seven-month-old Pomeranian named Stuffy. The subject of a BC SPCA cruelty investigation, Stuffy was seized by BC SPCA constables with two broken front legs that require immediate orthopedic surgery. “Stuffy is such a sweetheart! Despite the pain he’s been in, he’s so friendly and …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
April 25, 2017The cramped wire battery cages that prevent egg laying hens from spreading their wings for their entire lives are now being phased out, thanks to a new Code of Practice for egg-laying hens in Canada. The BC SPCA is applauding those who have worked tirelessly to make lives better for animals in Canada – more …
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News Category: Farm