May 16, 2013A recent article in the Times Colonist outlines the Luxton Pro Rodeo’s refusal to eliminate inhumane rodeo events in favour of a family-friendly Western-style country fair. The Luxton Pro Rodeo boasts tie-down calf roping, steer wrestling, and children’s sheep-riding: activities that cause fear, stress, and even serious injury to the animals involved. Learn more about …
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March 5, 2013Watch their moving story Update: Mar. 22, 2013 Binx and Beans have been adopted! Thank you to the BC SPCA Burnaby Branch, BC SPCA staff member Rhonda Ott and all the BC SPCA supporters who made this happy ending possible. Update: Mar. 5, 2013 After months of rehabilitation in foster care with BC SPCA staff …
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March 4, 2013The BC SPCA is encouraged by the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture’s recent announcement that they will be maintaining on-site inspection programs for provincially-licensed commercial slaughter plants once the Canadian Food Inspection Agency withdraws its services next year Earlier this year, the Society published a new position statement on humane killing of animals, which lays out …
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January 25, 2013The BC SPCA came to the rescue of two heeler-cross dogs on Tuesday evening (Jan. 22) after being tipped off that the dogs had been inside a large dumpster for several days in freezing temperatures on a reserve outside of Williams Lake. Kent Kokoska, a senior animal protection officer for the BC SPCA who rescued …
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November 22, 2012The BC SPCA says it is stunned by the light sentence handed down today to Bob Fawcett, former general manager of the Whistler-based Howling Dog Tours, but believes the animal cruelty investigation into the disturbing case has led to a more humane future for sled dogs across the province. Fawcett, who pleaded guilty Aug. 30 …
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November 13, 2012Warning: graphic image. A Victoria couple has been charged with animal cruelty after their badly neglected dog was found near death and brought to the BC SPCA. Douglas and Enza Pattison were the owners of “Tiny”, a ten-year-old black and white shih tzu, who was turned in to the Victoria SPCA shelter on Aug. 2 …
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