November 1, 2017Free kittens. How would you react? This is why the BC SPCA developed the Kitten Box Project, an initiative that takes a lighthearted approach to highlighting a big issue facing our province: cat overpopulation. Every day in B.C. thousands of kittens are born to family pets, stray cats living on the streets and feral cats. …
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May 24, 2017Over the past five years, the BC SPCA Community Animal Spay/Neuter Grant has provided vital support to organizations that dedicate their time to decreasing cat overpopulation. Groups like Quadra Cat Rescue, which has received just over $15,000 and fixed 114 cats with the grant funding in the past four years, with another 18 cats to …
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January 16, 2017A recent grant from PetSmart Charities™ of Canada will go a long way in addressing the province’s cat overpopulation crisis in Dawson Creek. The $78,010 grant will go toward spaying and neutering 650 cats in the city of Dawson Creek this year, both owned cats as well as free-roaming felines in a downtown colony. “We …
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January 4, 2017The results are in. And they’re impressive. Thanks to a Pet Smart Charities® of Canada grant of $83,957 awarded to the BC SPCA East Kootenay Branch in 2015 to help address the community’s cat overpopulation crisis, intake of stray kittens at the branch dropped by 40 per cent in 2016 compared to 2015, and more …
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