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The results of a recent U.S. survey suggest B.C. may well be on the right track when it comes to dealing with outdoor-living cats. The U.S. national survey, commissioned by the Best Friends Animal Society late last year, reveals overwhelming support for the trap-neuter-return (TNR) method of managing populations of unowned, free-roaming “community” cats. A …
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News Category: Pet care
After a not-so-happy start to life, Willow is getting a second chance for her happily ever after with a new adoptive family today. The Siberian husky mix, found severely emaciated earlier this year wandering in Maple Ridge, with nothing but gravel in her stomach, has come a long way since she first came into BC …
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News Category: Adoption, Animal cruelty
A man accused of brutally stabbing his three-year-old Pomeranian 61 times has been charged with animal cruelty. Criminal Code and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act charges were laid against 27-year-old Artyom Goncharuk of Richmond following a BC SPCA investigation carried out last September. Richmond RCMP were called to Goncharuk’s residence on Sept. 15, where …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Karin and Catherine Adams have been charged with animal cruelty under both the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Criminal Code of Canada following a BC SPCA investigation. In August, SPCA constables seized 18 horses, 18 dogs, 15 birds, two cats and 104 fish in various states of distress from the Adams’ property …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Dr. Sara Dubois, a wildlife expert and chief scientific officer for the BC SPCA, met Wednesday with Oak Bay and Capital Regional District (CRD) staff to reiterate the animal welfare society’s concerns about the District’s deer cull and to ensure that both the District and the contractor hired to carry out the cull are aware …
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News Category: Wildlife
He was found bleeding, without any identification, and a rope embedded at least an inch into his neck. Jay, a five-month-old collie/German shepherd puppy, is also severely underweight and is fighting an infection from the horrible wound on his neck, says Cowichan and District BC SPCA Branch manager Sandi Trent. “The rope had grown at …
News Category: Animal cruelty
