Given that the Coquitlam SPCA suggested to a man asking what to do with a raccoon he had trapped and was told to lower the trap into his full bathtub, it is hardly in a position to be lecturing Port Coquitlam's council.

November 6, 2000

To the Mayor and Council of the City of Coquitlam,

In 1998 we started having problems with a pair of young raccoons that were flipping newly placed sod in the backyard looking for food.

We rented a live trap from the SPCA in Coquitlam.

Two nights later after near success we decided to call and ask the SPCA what to do when we caught one. They said “You can bring it here or you can fill your bathtub up and lower the cage into it. That’s what we will do when we get it.”

We asked about relocating them and they said "The resident raccoons will chase them away and they might starve to death."

We returned the trap and one of us compared the Coquitlam SPCA to Auschwitz.

Wayne Grant