June 17, 2024Local dog training company The Gibsons Dogrunner has received BC SPCA AnimalKind accreditation, a recognition awarded to dog training companies that are committed to higher animal welfare. Krisztina Harasztosi, owner and trainer at The Gibsons Dogrunner, started volunteering and working at the Gibsons Wildlife Rehabilitation Center soon after moving to Canada from Hungary. Around the …
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News Category: Awards and accreditation
June 10, 2024Many Canadians care deeply about farmed animal welfare but sometimes feel powerless to make a difference. However, you can help farmed animals in many important ways, including speaking up for them! Canada’s Codes of Practice for the care and handling of farm animals set important rules for ensuring farmed animal welfare nationally. Everyone, from farmers …
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News Category: Farm, Take action
June 7, 2024A perfect match is worth the wait. Beloved long-term resident Oso has finally found his forever home after spending almost 300 days in the care of the BC SPCA’s Comox Animal Centre. Poor Oso was surrendered into the BC SPCA’s care after spending the first three and a half years of his life tethered to …
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News Category: Animal Stories
June 7, 2024Dave found Wilfred when he stopped to unload his mountain bike from his truck. He was getting ready to ride the trails off Postil Road in Kelowna when he noticed a light reflecting off something down the embankment by the road. “When I saw the pet carrier, I figured it was empty and had been …
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News Category: Ways to help
June 5, 2024The BC SPCA has received a $30,000 grant from to help fund their province-wide pet food bank program. “This grant couldn’t come at a better time,” says Diane Waters, the BC SPCA’s outreach specialist. “There are so many guardians struggling financially right now because of the higher cost of living. This generous grant from PetSmart …
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News Category: Outreach