February 14, 2025Update: Thank you for your continued action on this issue – your voices did not go unnoticed! This action is now closed. In an interview with Globe and Mail reporter Marie Woolf on February 13th, the Agriculture Minister’s spokesperson stated, “The Government remains committed to ending the export of live horses by air for slaughter. …
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March 27, 2024In 2023, the BC SPCA participated in a committee formed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food to review and recommend improvements to the farmed animal welfare framework in British Columbia. The committee developed recommendations that touch on training, transportation and processing sectors, along with integrating and prioritizing farmed animals in emergency response. They also …
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February 12, 2024Update: The bill to ban live horse export for slaughter from Canada has passed the House of Commons Agriculture Committee! Bill C-355 will now go for a final vote in the House of Commons before moving to the Senate. The bill is another step closer to hopefully becoming law. Thank you for speaking up for horses …
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July 26, 2021The BC SPCA is encouraging horse guardians to plan ahead in the event of a disaster, such as wildfires, floods, power outages or earthquakes. Good planning can make all the difference in an emergency. This disaster preparedness checklist outlines key things you will need to ensure your horses are safe if a disaster strikes. …
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April 28, 2021The BC SPCA is hoping you can give Charlie a new leg up on life. The twenty-year-old gelding came to the BC SPCA’s attention through a cruelty investigation earlier this month. In addition to coming into care underweight and having suffered from rain scald, Charlie has a chronic hind leg injury, and is recovering from …
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February 6, 2021Jolene and Hermione are proof that some of the best friendships are born from tragedy. The two mares were rescued as a part of cruelty investigation near Princeton at the end of September 2020 in which 97 animals were taken in by the BC SPCA. At the time, the emaciated horses had to go into strict quarantine immediately. Tragically, …
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