I volunteered for a short period this year at the Parksville SPCA. Its own Fall/Winter 2007 newsletter shows statistics for 10 months in 2007. It shows that this small SPCA killed 63 cats for "injured or sick" and 68 cats for "aggression" I can't begin to fathom why they are killing so many cats for "aggression".

Because the cat area is only open to volunteers from 1 - 4:30, each cat gets let out of its very small cage, into the play area for 15 minutes only per day. One cat gets left in the play area overnight if they seem particularly despondent in their cage, or on a rotational basis, which means you'd be lucky to have one night every 3 weeks to stretch your legs.

The Parksville SPCA has told people that it will kill feral cats, so not to bring them in, so these 'aggressive' cats may be domesticated cats. I think the cats simply go out of their minds from the confinement.

My personal experience at the Parksville SPCA does not jibe with Mr Daniell's statement,
"When the SPCA must euthanize an animal, it is for the same reason so- called “ no- kill” facilities euthanize animals — to end the suffering of an animal that is beyond medical help or to protect the public from a highly aggressive animal that has not responded to rehabilitation."

If they are feral, sick, injured, or timid, killing them is NOT what real no-kill groups do. I know I didn't when I rescued feral cats for years on Salt Spring Island.