June 15, 2012BC SPCA officials announced today that necropsies conducted by internationally known forensic veterinarian Dr. Melinda Merck on the remains of mutilated cats and other animals found in the Lower Mainland, have determined the animals were victims of predator attack. Initial findings from pathologists and veterinarians, combined with the unusual placement of the bodies, had raised …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Farm
June 7, 2012A BC SPCA investigation is under way into the death of a horse who was humanely euthanized by RCMP officials in Keremeos on June 5. The horse had collapsed and was deemed to be in critical condition. “On June 6 our constables were alerted to allegations that the horse may have been beaten. We immediately …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
May 28, 2012Despite receiving around-the-clock care by staff at the BC SPCA’s Shuswap Branch, “Pip”, the five-week-old kitten found inside a plastic trash bag on May 23 in Salmon Arm, succumbed to illness and died on May 27. The tiny kitten, whose immune system was likely compromised by being taken from his mother too early, was rushed …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
May 28, 2012Brentwood Bay resident David Whiffin has been charged with breach of probation after failing to comply with a ban on owning animals imposed earlier this year. Whiffin, who appears in court on May 31 to face the charge, was found living on a property with dogs, geese and a miniature horse. Whiffin and Clayton Cunningham, …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
April 20, 2012Crown counsel today announced charges of animal cruelty (Criminal Code, Section 445.1(1) (a)) against Bob Fawcett, former general manager of the Whistler-based Howling Dog Tours, for causing unnecessary pain and suffering to a number of sled dogs in April 2010. His first court appearance is scheduled for May 24 in Pemberton. Gruesome details of the …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
April 4, 2012A resident of Oyama, a community north of Kelowna, has been convicted of animal cruelty after the BC SPCA took custody of his injured lab-cross dog in an investigation in September 2011. Mario Russo was fined $500 for allowing his dog “Bear” to suffer without veterinary care for a broken leg after he was hit …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
