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The B.C. Government announced today that it is providing $5 million to support the BC SPCA’s Facilities Development and Services Plan. “This is great news for animals and animal lovers in B.C.,” said Craig Daniell, Chief Executive Officer of the BC SPCA. “The financial support from the provincial government will help to ensure that companion …
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The BC SPCA is moving quickly in its investigation of a horrific case of animal abuse in Surrey. The RCMP initially responded to a 911 call at a Surrey basement suite, where they found a three-year-old black Labrador retriever badly beaten and bleeding from multiple stab wounds. The dog, named Ryder, had gone missing …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
What do the BC SPCA, Microsoft and the Vancouver Canucks have in common? They are among the organizations voted as “Dream Employers” in the second annual survey conducted by Miles Employment Group, the Vancouver Board of Trade and Insights West. The survey, conducted between Nov. 17 and Dec. 9, 2014, asked British Columbians 18 years …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
WARNING: the following story contains graphic images The BC SPCA’s Cruelty Investigations Department has identified the owner of a severely emaciated Siberian husky found wandering in Maple Ridge on Jan. 31. The young dog, estimated to be between one and two years old, weighed 15 kilograms upon intake, compared to a normal weight of about …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Lower Mainland dog walker Emma Paulsen was sentenced today to six months in jail and has been given a 10-year ban on owning animals and a lifetime ban on caring for other people’s pets. Paulsen was charged with animal cruelty following a BC SPCA investigation last May. On May 13, 2014 Paulsen reported that six …
News Category: Animal cruelty
Crown counsel has approved animal cruelty charges against former Centerplate CEO Des Hague following a BC SPCA investigation into the case. Images of Hague mistreating a friend’s Doberman puppy were captured last July on the elevator surveillance video in his downtown Vancouver apartment complex. Hague has been charged with two counts (Section 24 (1) and …
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