Mr. Craig Daniell
CEO and Manager of Cruelty Investigations
BC SPCA
cdaniell@spca.bc.ca

Dear Mr. Daniell:

I urge you, as CEO and Manager of Cruelty Investigations, to authorize a blitz of TV and radio messages about animals left outside in the current freezing weather and demand that owners bring their animals inside or face possible prosecution under the Provincial Cruelty Act.

Both food and water, left in dishes outside, are frozen in less than 1 hour and most animals have no adequate shelter for the current weather conditions. Windchill factors lower the forecast temperature even further.

I urge the SPCA to respond swiftly to any reports of chained or neglected dogs (or other animals) left outside in this brutal cold and remove them immediately from their surroundings. I also urge you to prosecute the owners under the Provincial Cruelty Act.

Sincerely,
Lana Simon, President
Pacific Animal Foundation
www.pacificanimal.org