An SPCA volunteer tried to help save her life too by contacting Cocker Rescue....

"She needs to be spayed and her eye looked at, and obviously some kind of surgery.
The dog walkers said she was good when they had her out on Thursday. I think Carol at cocker rescue said they could refer to us... would rather see her out and into care."

She didn't get out. She didn't get care. She got killed.

Who dumped her at the cold, heartless, diseased SPCA? We hope someone sends this to them. Were they fooled by the SPCA's clever pretence of "caring" and the pretence of getting their dog a home, or were they just glad to dump their dog for free?

Perhaps her owners couldn't afford the SPCA's wonderful "Survivor" program where if you have $25,000 to $75,000 you get a promise..

SILVER PLAN:
The BC SPCA will:

keep updated files on your pets (while you are alive), detailing their medical history, personality, preferences, diet and your wishes for a future home;
provide temporary foster care for your pets in the event of your hospitalization or temporary incapacity.
work with you, your personal representative or your executor, to ensure that when the time comes, your pets are not left unattended;
provide interim care for your pets while they await adoption;
screen potential adopters and make a placement that is best suited to your pets;
send a BC SPCA employee to visit your pets in their new home in the first month after adoption and then every year for the rest your pets' life;
provide a foster home for your pets if a suitable adopter cannot be found in a reasonable time period.
Minimum Payment (Paid through your Will) - $25,000

GOLD PLAN:
All the benefits of the Silver Plan, plus the BC SPCA will:

Provide free lifetime medical coverage for each pet.
Minimum Payment (Paid through your Will) - $75,000

There's a sucker born every minute and apparently people actually give money to the Nigerian scammers, so probably someone has been suckered into signing on the dotted line for the SPCA too.

Here's what an AAS poster had to say about the likelihood of the SPCA doing what it promises

BC SPCA "Pet Survivor Program" money maker. What a crock!
http://www.animaladvocates.com/cgi-bin/newsroom.pl/read/3607

Posted By: Diane Young
Date: Friday, 24 October 2003, at 6:47 a.m.

I recently read the full back page SPCA ad in a pullout "Leaving a Legacy" that was in our weekend paper, the Coquitlam Now. I was not aware that the SPCA had a program called "Pet Survivor Program". The ad claims that if you die and leave them your money they will find a wonderful home for your pet and take great care of it. Have you seen the SPCA's idea of care? Alcatraz for animals.

The ad claims they will screen the prospective homes. What a crock! Here's my experience with the Maple Ridge SPCA . I had to fill out the paperwork but no one came and check my home before I fostered. Also, my girlfriend fostered a pit bull cross from the Coquitlam SPCA and no one ever checked where she lived to see if she had a place to live, fenced yard, etc. They handed over the dog that she looked after for 3 months but no one ever checked on the dog.

I know for a fact that SPCA screening is still very spotty, some staff trying harder, some still not trying, and that many dogs are still going to barely screened homes in very sick condition. In my opinion, this SPCA ad is false advertising.

Also, on Thursday, Oct. 11th, I saw an SPCA TV ad on "adopt soon". It was frivolous and encouraged people to get a dog for shallow reasons. This is the wrong message and the wrong use of SPCA funds. The SPCA should be educating people to spay and neuter animals because they still kill many unwanted dogs.

I have been rescuing dogs from the SPCA and dogs the SPCA would not help, for years, and I know what they do and don't do and these ads are not the truth.