November 9, 2009Powell River resident Bud Wilcocks pled guilty on Oct. 29 to charges of animal cruelty. The charges were laid following a BC SPCA investigation on Feb. 3 in which the SPCA seized six lame, lice-infested and emaciated goats and three neglected ponies from a farm on Westview Avenue. The property was also littered with animal …
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September 25, 2009You’ve seen the video clip of Ginger and Thunder, and now so have hundreds of thousands of people across North America! With what is possibly one of the funniest adopt-a-pet segment videos in recent memory, Ginger the kiss-a-bull Pit Bull and Thunder, a Border Collie/Sheppard cross, have become Internet sensations. Meet the Stars Ginger Ginger, …
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September 18, 2009Crown counsel has charged Peter Joseph Seymour with four counts of animal cruelty following an SPCA investigation involving three badly-neglected dogs. Two adult dogs, one of whom was “days from death,” and a puppy were removed from a Ladysmith-area First Nations reserve in March. One of the adults, a skeletal female bullmastiff, was surrendered March …
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September 15, 2009BC SPCA special constables seized 73 animals from a Vernon area property yesterday. The animals were removed after their owner failed to comply with SPCA orders to improve conditions for the animals, despite more than 20 follow-up visits by SPCA officers during the past year. “This was a case where the owner had been given …
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August 17, 2009Crown counsel has approved charges of animal cruelty against Powell River resident Bud Wilcocks following a BC SPCA investigation earlier this year. On Feb. 3, the SPCA seized six lame, lice-infested and emaciated goats and three neglected ponies from a farm on Westview Avenue. The property was also littered with animal carcasses and debris. BC …
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August 12, 2009The BC SPCA is caring for 94 cats and kittens seized Aug. 10th from a residence in the Cedar area of Nanaimo. The sick and neglected cats were deemed to be abandoned under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after their owner was evicted from the home. “This is a sad case where the …
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