April 1, 2011A Merritt-area man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to tying his golden Lab cross dog to his truck and dragging her behind the vehicle. Bobby Elliott was charged with animal cruelty under both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Actand the Criminal Code following a BC SPCA investigation last summer. “On June 17, a …
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February 28, 2011A Kamloops man has been banned from owning animals for five years after failing to provide veterinary care for his injured five-week-old pomeranian puppy. William Wallace was charged with animal cruelty in 2010 and was sentenced last week following a BC SPCA investigation into the case. Wallace was also fined $250 and ordered to pay …
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February 17, 2011Oliver resident Rudolph Harfman has been convicted of animal cruelty under the Criminal Code of Canada following a BC SPCA investigation dating back to 2006. Harfman was charged with animal cruelty after BC SPCA constables seized 121 cattle, four sheep and a donkey from his property. The animals were emaciated and were suffering from ringworm, …
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January 26, 2011Crown counsel has approved charges of animal cruelty against Duncan residents Norman Modeste and Patrick Edwards following a BC SPCA animal cruelty investigation. Princess, a miniature pinscher, was alleged dragged behind a truck and left for weeks without veterinary treatment for a broken jaw and fractured leg. BC SPCA constables attended to the injured dog …
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January 26, 2011Rocky, a severely emaciated dog rescued by the BC SPCA in Surrey, is the subject of an animal cruelty investigation currently under way by the non-profit animal welfare society. The BC SPCA took the two-year-old Doberman into care Jan. 18 after responding to a complaint about a dog in distress in a neighbourhood near 120th …
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January 6, 2011Crown counsel has approved charges of animal cruelty against a Duncan man after BC SPCA special constables seized 10 badly neglected horses and other farm animals from his property. The SPCA seized two horses from Orest (Louie) Pohynayko on June 29, 2010 and eight more horses, two llamas and a goat on Nov. 26 after the …
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