January 7, 2010North Saanich woman who allowed her dog to suffer with a broken jaw, pneumonia and a collapsed lung has been banned from owning animals for three years. Iris Crystal Jones was handed the ban after pleading guilty to animal cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. “This was a horrific case of neglect,” …
Continue reading “Saanich woman banned from owning animals for three years”
News Category: Animal cruelty
December 14, 2009The BC SPCA has received a complaint that was forwarded to us from Zoocheck regarding the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre. We are currently conducting an investigation into the allegations and that this investigation is ongoing. The owner is currently cooperating with the investigation. We do not have any updates at this moment, nor …
Continue reading “BC SPCA investigates cruelty report at a Fort Langley zoo”
News Category: Animal cruelty
December 9, 2009December 9, 2009 Crown counsel has approved multiple charges of animal cruelty against a Vernon animal owner. Carla Christman is charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Criminal Code after BC SPCA constables acting on a search warrant seized 28 thin and emaciated horses languishing with untreated injuries on her property. Investigators also …
Continue reading “Cruelty charges approved against Vernon animal owner”
News Category: Animal cruelty
December 7, 2009Frank McKay, a lawyer, appeared in Prince George provincial court Friday to plead guilty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act to causing or permitting an animal to be in distress. In addition to paying restitution, McKay was also handed a $1,000-fine and a $150-victim surcharge, banned from owning animals in B.C. for two …
Continue reading “Guide outfitter who abandoned horses pleads guilty to cruelty”
News Category: Animal cruelty
November 26, 2009A Victoria woman whose chinchilla starved to death, has been charged with animal cruelty. Robyn Louise MacMillan has been charged under both the Criminal Code and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after two chinchillas and a cat were left without food and water for at least 17 days. One of the chinchillas …
Continue reading “Crown approves charge after chinchilla starved to death”
News Category: Animal cruelty
November 25, 2009A 10-year-old-old dog whose ear infection was so bad that BC SPCA animal cruelty investigators could smell it from two metres away has been given a new leash on life, while his former guardian has been charged with animal cruelty. Denise Westle of Maple Ridge has been charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals …
Continue reading “Maple Ridge woman charged with animal cruelty”
News Category: Animal cruelty