November 8, 2017Found with her paw caught in a trap, six-month-old puppy Bella had a tough go for more than two days, as she’s from a rural area and the weather prevented her from getting the crucial care she needed. Once the weather cleared enough for travel, Pacific Coastal Airlines generously rushed the injured pup to Comox …
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News Category: Adoption, Ways to help
November 1, 2017The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) is seeking the public’s help in identifying the owner of a dog struck by a truck in Mission last week. “The stray dog was hit by the front bumper of a truck on Dewdney Trunk Road in Mission, near the regional garbage …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Pet care
November 1, 2017Patience. Responsibility. Unconditional love. Reflect for a moment, and you can undoubtedly recall an important life skill or two that you learned from having pets as a child. “Animals make great teachers,” says Paula Neuman, humane education manager for the BC SPCA. “But not all children have the opportunity to learn about animals at home.” …
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News Category: Youth
November 1, 2017Free kittens. How would you react? This is why the BC SPCA developed the Kitten Box Project, an initiative that takes a lighthearted approach to highlighting a big issue facing our province: cat overpopulation. Every day in B.C. thousands of kittens are born to family pets, stray cats living on the streets and feral cats. …
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News Category: Pet care
November 1, 2017The two Chihuahua puppies wobble unsteadily on little legs, giving little whimpers and yelps on occasion, slowly making their way around the house where they live with their Mom, Pekoe, and foster fur-Mom Jessica Richardson. Taken into BC SPCA care when they were only one day old, the female puppies, temporarily named Chai and Mocha, …
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News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty, Ways to help
November 1, 2017Have a bookworm in the family? How about an animal lover? Both passions come together in the BC SPCA West Vancouver Branch’s Book Buddies program, a huge after-school hit with local youth and readers of all ages since it started in 2014. From 3 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday throughout the school year, children …
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News Category: Adoption, Youth