How much of the below is true? For starters, there is no SPCA clinic in Victoria anymore. And the certificate program is a money maker for the SPCA - if the owner does NOT sterilize the animal it bought from the SPCA - so that accounts for no (or almost no) follow-up or enforcement of the certificate program, in spite of SPCA public statements like the below to the contrary. And show me the education the SPCA boasts of all the time. In two and a half years since telling AAS that it was going to "educate" owners of back yard dogs in Vancouver, it has not even produced a simple brochure and its own staff still tell complainants that there's nothing wrong with keeping a dog in a basement or garage. Some education that is!
What else is SPCA spin for the gullible media and donators?
From the BC SPCA web site http://www.spca.bc.ca/Spay/maximum_adoption_programs.htm
At a minimum, BC SPCA Branches practice a spay/neuter deposit system, in which as part of the adoption fee adopters are given a spay or neuter voucher for use at participating veterinary clinics. Follow-up adoption calls ensure adopters get their animals spayed or neutered. Here are some additional programs in place around the province:
Kamloops Branch PAL (Prevent-A-Litter) Program assists low-income families with the costs of spay/neuter procedures. The format is similar to BC SPCA SNAP, but PAL includes dogs. Local veterinarians contribute approximately 30%, the Branch contributes 30% and the client contributes the remaining third.
Spay and Neuter Initiative Fund (SNIF) is a program offered by the Kelowna Branch in partnership with the Regional District and local veterinarians. This program targets low-income families (annual family income of $20,000 or less) requiring assistance to spay or neuter their cats or dogs.
The South Peace Branch in Dawson Creek has the FACT (Fix A Canine Today) Program, an assistance program for low income dog owners to spay and neuter their pets.
Powell River Branch's program provides financial assistance for spaying and neutering pets for those with low-income.
The Victoria Branch have a subsidized spay and neuter clinic enabling all adopted animals to have a voucher for the clinic and these services are also available to the general public.
The Vancouver Region Shelters also offer spays and neuters on site at their Animal Hospital in Vancouver. Subsidized spay and neuters are available for those with low or fixed incomes, as well as low rates to the general public. In 1999, they held Spay Days which enabled families with low-incomes to spay or neuter their cats for free. In addition, Vancouver is investigating the feasibility of starting a mobile spay and neuter program to fix all SPCA animals before they leave the shelters.
Pay for a Spay is Saltspring Island Branch's annual spring campaign. Each spring they send out a flyer and form for people to donate a cat spay or neuter for a person in need. In return, donors receive a letter about the cat they helped spay or neuter.
Many Branches fundraise to ensure every adoptable cat is spayed and neutered before leaving the shelter such as, Nanaimo & District, Saltspring Island and Parksville-Qualicum Beach & District.
In Campbell River if an animal is not spayed/neutered, the Branch will pay $60 towards the service.
North Cariboo has Spay in May and Neuter in November campaigns.
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