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Brentwood Bay resident David Whiffin has been charged with breach of probation after failing to comply with a ban on owning animals imposed earlier this year. Whiffin, who appears in court on May 31 to face the charge, was found living on a property with dogs, geese and a miniature horse. Whiffin and Clayton Cunningham, …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Crown counsel today announced charges of animal cruelty (Criminal Code, Section 445.1(1) (a)) against Bob Fawcett, former general manager of the Whistler-based Howling Dog Tours, for causing unnecessary pain and suffering to a number of sled dogs in April 2010. His first court appearance is scheduled for May 24 in Pemberton. Gruesome details of the …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A resident of Oyama, a community north of Kelowna, has been convicted of animal cruelty after the BC SPCA took custody of his injured lab-cross dog in an investigation in September 2011. Mario Russo was fined $500 for allowing his dog “Bear” to suffer without veterinary care for a broken leg after he was hit …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Warning: graphic photos below. Langley veterinarian Mark Marohn was found guilty today of animal cruelty under both the Criminal Code of Canada and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after the BC SPCA discovered six emaciated and badly neglected horses in his care. Marohn was charged in April of 2009. In December, 2008, BC SPCA …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Farm
Warning: graphic photos below A gentle Rottweiler, whose collar was so embedded that it took an extensive surgery to cut it out of his neck, is recovering at the BC SPCA Kamloops Branch. The young dog, rescued from a rural area near Lytton, required more than 80 stitches after the surgery to remove the embedded …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
The BC SPCA is seeking the public’s help to find out who is responsible for a disturbing series of incidents in which 15 cats have been found mutilated in the Maple Ridge area. The most recent incident was March 11, 2012 but the mutilations date back to June 2011. “The BC SPCA and the Ridge …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
