For decades the SPCA has pulled the wool over the eyes of the media and therefore the public. When Craig Daniell took over as CEO in the summer of 2003, he fired Cindy Soules, the one person at the BC SPCA that everyone in real animal rescue believed was there for animals and was trusted, and kept Lorie Chortyk as p.r. person, someone that none of us trust because she has consistently put out misleading information. That choice told us something about the new administration that was dismaying.

Yes, Chortyk is only a symptom and shooting the messenger will not change the message, but her latest pack of misinformation is right over the top and needs further refuting.

And the question must be asked - why isn't the BC SPCA President and Board of Directors ashamed of the blatant misinformation that its employees keep repeating? The President and the Board are ultimately responsible for all policy, employees, and actions of the SPCA. Do they approve? The conclusion is pretty much inescapable - they must - it has been going on a long time.