While collecting bottles from a dumpster, a man heard soft cries and upon investigating, found 1-year old Rosie amongst the trash. “He dug under the piles of garbage and discovered the cat inside a taped box with her limbs zip-tied together,” Wendy Davies, BC SPCA’s South Peace Branch manager, told KelownaNow. He released her from her critical … [Read more...] about Man Finds Cat in Dumpster While Collecting Bottles
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Beloved Cat and 5-Year-Old Reunited After 3 Years
........................................................................................................................................................................... Just imagine how it must feel to lose your best friend...and then see him again three years later? Overjoyed might begin to explain the emotion five-year-old Claudia Arnold felt when seeing her buddy again … [Read more...] about Beloved Cat and 5-Year-Old Reunited After 3 Years
BC: New Laws by 2017 to Force Out Bad Breeders
British Columbia has made huge strides in requiring animal breeders operating in the province to be licensed. Christy Clark, B.C. Premier, states these measures will take puppy mills out of business, with 2017 seeing new laws in place to combat this issue. The government will be consulting with the SPCA this coming spring following the two animal seizures that garnered a … [Read more...] about BC: New Laws by 2017 to Force Out Bad Breeders
Cat Returns Home Bound in Duct Tape
Nellie returned to her Nanaimo, BC home yesterday morning wrapped in brown duct tape, with her feet bound and her tail taped to her body.The cat was in obvious distress. This is the second time Nellie has been targeted this way, and the latest of a spate cat taping incidents with pets in the same neighborhood. A few weeks ago Nellie was found with her feet bound in green … [Read more...] about Cat Returns Home Bound in Duct Tape
R.I.P. Pip: Kitten Found In Trash Bag Succumbs To Illness
Pip was the beautiful injured kitten tied into a full bag of trash and discarded, then rescued when a woman getting her mail last Wednesday heard his cries. The BC SPCA made the sad announcement today that he died on Sunday. … [Read more...] about R.I.P. Pip: Kitten Found In Trash Bag Succumbs To Illness