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A Salt Spring Island resident has been charged with animal cruelty following a BC SPCA investigation. Dana Pennington was charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after her 20-year-old cat was found in critical distress by a neighbour. “The neighbour rushed the cat, a tabby and white male named Charlie, to a veterinarian, …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A Victoria-area man has been sentenced in a case of animal cruelty that resulted in Bryn, a female pit bull mix, being beaten with a baseball bat – so badly beaten, that her ability to walk was affected. Following a BC SPCA cruelty investigation, Colwood resident Joseph White was convicted and found guilty on two …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is applauding an announcement by the College of Veterinarians of B.C. (CVBC) that cosmetic ear cropping procedures on dogs will no longer be considered an acceptable practice for its members. “For nearly two decades, the BC SPCA has been on record opposing procedures such as tail docking, ear cropping, devocalization and declawing …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Pet care
Karin Adams and her daughter Catherine Adams of Houston, B.C. have pleaded guilty to charges of animal cruelty following a 2014 BC SPCA investigation. On Aug. 28, 2014, BC SPCA constables seized 53 animals, including 18 horses, 18 large- and small-breed dogs, 15 birds and two cats from their property near Houston, B.C. One hundred …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Esquimalt First Nations Chief Andrew Thomas and his wife, Mary Anne Thomas, have been charged with animal cruelty after failing to provide necessary veterinary care for their Shih tzu, Chewy. The couple has been charged with two counts each under the Criminal Code of Canada. On July 22, 2015, the BC SPCA responded to a …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Government and community representatives joined BC SPCA staff and volunteers on Oct. 14 to officially open the BC SPCA’s new Recovery & Adoption Barn in Kelowna, which will temporarily house horses and farm animals rescued from abusive or neglectful situations in the Okanagan region. The new 2,500-square-foot facility, located adjacent to the existing BC SPCA …
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