Pet Over-population - A preventable tragedy
Meaningful solutions to the preventable tragedy of pet over-population in our communities
Across North America, millions of cats and dogs of all ages and breeds are euthanized annually or suffer as strays. Many of these are the result of unwanted, unplanned litters that could have been prevented through sterilization. Rarely surviving for more than a few years on their own, strays die painfully by starvation, disease, freezing or being hit by cars.

Over the last 20 years, the BC SPCA has made great in-roads into reducing pet over-population in the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island. Our focus has now turned to Prince George.

Prince George and surrounding First Nations Communities have chronic pet over-population problems. As a result, the BC SPCA shelter in Prince George, which is the busiest in the province, receives far more animals than it can safely handle. Disease and sickness spread easily in the over-crowded shelter conditions.

Of the 4,490 animals that were taken into the shelter in 2004, fifty-one percent (2,285) had to be euthanized due to a deterioration in their physical and/or psychological health that was directly attributable to the overcrowded conditions. The large number of animals at the shelter not only endangers the welfare of the animals, but also places a huge financial burden on the Society as well the community at large.

Without realistic solutions such as a Spay Neuter Clinic, this preventable tragedy is doomed to repeat itself for many years to come.

In Prince George, a homeless pet dies every 4 hours. Help us prevent this daily tragedy.