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Comox SPCA seeks community’s help to fix 400 cats in four months

February 1, 2018

The BC SPCA Comox Valley & District Branch is making headway in addressing cat overpopulation in the region, but needs help from the community to achieve its goal of fixing 700 cats in the city of Courtenay and town of Comox. “With the help of generous funding from PetSmart Charities™ of Canada we have been …

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Tide is turning on cat overpopulation: Some gains but still work to be done

February 1, 2018

A new report on Cats in Canada shows that the cat overpopulation issue continues to challenge communities across Canada, including British Columbia. “The tide is turning, we are seeing shifting attitudes towards the value of cats in our communities, spay/neuter rates are going up and more cats are receiving permanent ID in the form of …

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Prince Rupert community cats find health and happiness thanks to BC SPCA grant

Wide eyed cat looking up into camera lens looking curious
January 24, 2018

In the parking lot of a Prince Rupert Home Hardware store, a well-known colony matriarch called Boots spent most of her short life repopulating her colony and taking care of others. Now, it’s her turn. Thanks to the BC SPCA Community Animal Spay/Neuter Grant, colony caretakers were able to trap and spay Boots and the …

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Bylaw, spay/neuter grant help Dawson Creek address cat overpopulation

January 22, 2018

Statistics from 2017 are showing that a cat bylaw and a PetSmart Charities™ of Canada spay/neuter grant program have had significant impact on cat overpopulation in the city of Dawson Creek. “Our shelter has seen a huge difference thanks to the grant. In 2015, 73 per cent of kittens coming into our care came from …

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New grant will address cat overpopulation in Salmon Arm

January 3, 2018

Cat guardians in Salmon Arm are getting a helping hand thanks to a PetSmart Charities™ of Canada grant to subsidize spay/neuter surgeries for owned cats. The $62,000 grant will provide spay/neuter surgeries for 350 cats in the city and start to tackle cat overpopulation in an area desperately in need of intervention. “We are thrilled …

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