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Every year wildfires devastate lives and communities in British Columbia, putting wildlife and humans at risk. Wild animals have developed strategies to fly, run or bury themselves to escape from fires, but the change in habitat and food resources will have a lasting impact for generations. What happens to wildlife during a wildfire? Most animals …
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News Category: Wildlife
Dog guardians want to take their pets with them everywhere, but sometimes, that is simply not possible. Maybe you are going out of town to a wedding, a family reunion, or on a trip overseas. Or maybe your workplace is not pet-friendly so your dog or cat must stay home alone during long workdays. In …
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News Category: Pet care
Most dog fights or scuffles result in no injury at all. They can look and sound ferocious but they are normal and are more like an argument. “Dog fights are preventable,” says Kim Monteith, the BC SPCA’s manager of animal welfare. “Guardians need to be attentive to their dog and other dogs’ behaviour when they …
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News Category: Community
Spirit, as named by her BC SPCA foster, was found on the side of the road in Fort St. John, ten kilometres down a logging road, obviously pregnant. She had lesions all over her skin, raw in some places, especially on her chest and she was also covered in hives and welts. It appeared that …
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News Category: Ways to help
Most guardians wonder how their dogs feel about them. Are they happy? Do they love me? Dogs may not be able to tell you how they feel, but there are many ways dogs show you. Tail wagging This one is a classic! Tail wagging can be a sign of a dog’s excitement and affection for …
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News Category: Pet care
It is hard to imagine someone dumping two defenseless puppies on the side of the road, but that is exactly what happened to Brody and Blake. These border mix puppies were abandoned on a remote stretch of road in Nehemiah Valley. By some miracle they were found by a kind passerby who reached out to …
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News Category: Animal cruelty
