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After having his leg shot off at the elbow, a dog at the Williams Lake SPCA must have the entire leg amputated. Someone shot Max, an affectionate white German Shepherd-husky mix, with a gun, leaving him with a horrible wound with exposed, broken and shattered bones and infection. “A Good Samaritan spotted Max about two …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Ways to help
Staff at the BC SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) on Vancouver Island are hoping the public can help a short-eared owl fly again, after she was found by the side of the road with two severely broken bones in her left wing. “She’s a female adult Short-eared owl – a rare patient at Wild …
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News Category: Ways to help, Wildlife
A Mission woman has been sentenced to three years’ probation and a 15-year ban on keeping animals, following a BC SPCA investigation. Faye Delores Parkinson, 75, was found guilty of two counts of animal cruelty under the Criminal Code earlier this year after BC SPCA constables seized 18 neglected animals from her property. Eleven Persian …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Charges of animal cruelty have been laid against a Vancouver Island woman accused of beating a seven-year-old teacup Chihuahua so severely that the dog had to be euthanized due to critical distress. The charges come after an investigation by the BC SPCA. Kylie Nikkels of Courtenay faces two counts of animal cruelty under the Criminal …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A tiny black-and-white kitten on Vancouver Island is being brave as she prepares to lose one of her legs. Found abandoned and brought in by a Good Samaritan, Charlotte was severely dehydrated, flea infested and anemic, with a broken front leg. “The poor thing – she’s such a cutie! She was in pretty rough shape …
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News Category: Ways to help
Tianna Gauvreau, BC SPCA humane products marketing specialist, was disappointed when her butcher attempted to sell her “free run” chicken at a higher price than conventional chicken. “If I did not work in farm animal welfare, I would not have known that I was being misled,” says Gauvreau. “I would have thought I was buying …
News Category: Farm
