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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December 13, 2010The owner of 34 husky dogs taken into BC SPCA care in 2007 pled guilty and was sentenced this week to a 10-year ban on owning animals. Stacey Lajeunesse of Tumbler Ridge voluntarily surrendered the badly neglected dogs following an investigation by SPCA constables. In total, SPCA officers took 23 puppies, ranging in age from …
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December 10, 2010Charges of animal cruelty have been laid against a Vanderhoof resident after BC SPCA constables seized 25 shepherd- and terrier-type dogs and 21 cats from his property. The sick and badly neglected animals, who were seized on June 23, were cared for at the North Cariboo (Prince George) and Vernon branches of the BC SPCA …
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