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It’s official – the City of Richmond has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to ban the sale of puppies in pet stores. The ban goes into effect in April 2011, and the city’s three local pet stores will have until that time to sell or remove puppies from their stores. Richmond councillors approved the …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Take action
BC SPCA constables have seized two adult pit bull-cross dogs, a six-month-old pit bull-cross and 10 two-week-old pit bull-cross puppies in Surrey. The female was starving, with her spine and ribs protruding while the puppies were dehydrated and underweight. The adult male dog was suffering from a large open wound on his front paw. “In addition …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
Chilliwack residents Peter and Camille Devries have been charged with five separate counts of animal cruelty under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA Act) and the Criminal Code following a BC SPCA investigation. The charges come after BC SPCA constables seized a large number of neglected animals from the couple’s property on Yale …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
BC SPCA special constables seized more animals yesterday in day two of an animal cruelty warrant in Cobble Hill. On Oct. 5 the SPCA seized 88 Berkshire pigs from a farm in the area, and yesterday officers returned to the property to seize two more pigs and 16 ducks. The pigs, a rare breed of …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
A Victoria man accused of trapping three baby raccoons and leaving town has been charged with animal cruelty. Crown counsel charged Dieter Hartmetz under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after BC SPCA staff found the animals injured and dehydrated inside a cage July 24. “Two of the raccoons had injuries to their mouths …
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News Category: Animal cruelty, Wildlife
The BC SPCA is expressing strong disappointment in the light sentence given to Armstrong residents Sandra and Jim Tullett after the couple was convicted of animal cruelty in a Vernon court this week. On July 16, 2008, BC SPCA animal cruelty investigators seized several animals from a roadside petting zoo north of Vernon that was …
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