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Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been heavily featured in the news with impacts across the province and in various species including wild birds and mammals, domestic animals, farmed animals and one human case. While the spread of HPAI is a concern year-round, annual bird migrations in the spring and fall call for additional caution. …
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A cattle dog mix and her six two-week-old puppies have been surrendered to a BC SPCA animal protection officer on Southern Vancouver Island after the owner contacted the RCMP looking for assistance. “We are so thankful the owner of these dogs recognized that they could not care for them and asked for assistance,” says Eileen …
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News Category: Ways to help
Heading outdoors to tidy up in the coming weeks? Now that baby season has started, birds and mammals could be stealthily nesting and denning around your home as we speak! Helping wildlife is easy as reading our handy tips for keeping wildlife safe as you ready your yards and gardens for spring. Trimming trees When …
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News Category: Wildlife
It’s time to dream big for yourself and the animals! The BC SPCA Lottery for animals in need is back March 4 with 30 chances for animal lovers to win cash prizes, plus a bonus 50/50 with a pot up to $1,000,000! “Not only will ticket purchases help B.C.’s most vulnerable animals, when you enter …
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News Category: Ways to help
At the Penticton Law Courts on February 12, Charlotte Joan Patterson pled guilty to one count of causing or permitting an animal to be in distress contrary to section 24(1) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act. On December 16, 2022, BC SPCA animal protection officers were attending an unrelated investigation in Cawston, B.C. when …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Update: Thank you for your continued action on this issue – your voices did not go unnoticed! This action is now closed. In an interview with Globe and Mail reporter Marie Woolf on February 13th, the Agriculture Minister’s spokesperson stated, “The Government remains committed to ending the export of live horses by air for slaughter. …
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News Category: Farm, Take action
