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- Important Insignificance
- City looks at ban on exotic pets
- China eyes move that could wipe out tigers
- 3 Richmond men charged after cops find 2 dead deer
- This is why snakes should not be pets
- HUGE MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE
- Swiss dog owners will require special course
- Quebec leads the pack in its use of research animals
- Swiss worldwide animal welfare project
- Please don't buy dog and cat fur from China
- Angus Reid Poll - Should the Seal Hunt be Banned?
- Re: Angus Reid Poll - Should the Seal Hunt be Banned?
- The story of Woofy *PIC*
- Kuper Island natives shooting diseased and dangerous dogs
- I have seen first-hand the effects of the current approach of breeding unchecked
- BC SPCA FIRST NATIONS SPAY/NEUTER STUDY 2003
- Where is the $23,000 report on implementing a spay/neuter mobile van to stop the carnage on Reserves? *LINK*
- It's barbaric that the dog population on Kuper Island is put in the position where it could resort to its nature
- 'Lost' population of wildlife stuns scientists by surviving Sudan war
- Unchained: IDA Battles Dog Fighters over Anti-Tethering Law *LINK*
- Second whale shark in tank dies
- It's quite possible to die of grief
- Inching toward humane treatment for food animals
- Where is Premier's $400,000 promise for orphan bear cubs?
- King County (WA) Embraces Bold No Kill Initiative
- Orphaned moose Paris fighting for her life
- Beagle shipments halted!
- Beagle shipments diverted, not halted!
- Air Canada's media answer - not good enough for me
- Will the airlines then sedate the dogs?
- Marshall Bioresources is only one business in this industry *PIC*
- Valley Zoo elephant takes maternity leave
- More animal rights quotes
- The 10 Commandments - does “Thou shalt not kill” and “Thou shalt not murder” mean the same thing?
- BC reptiles, turtles and freshwater fish most at risk, report says
- Zoo's Siberian tiger dies - only about 1000 left in wild
- Frustrated and Very Sad about young Husky cross at Nanaimo SPCA
- Just an update
- Petition and letter to stop rabbit sales in pet stores *PIC*
- SPCA rabbits at Petcetera - "adoption" standards questioned
- King County Embraces Bold No Kill Initiative *LINK*
- Surrey Leader: Calls grow to regulate exotic pets
- Surrey Leader: Cops against cruelty
- SPCA wants more money, more officers, more powers
- Here’s how a typical case unfolds
- Rats, hamsters & mice need foster homes ASAP
- Here is your chance to influence the gov't re the Spring Bear Hunt
- BC SPCA to open new Education & Adoption Centre
- "It was an opportunity for us to move in a new, progressive direction."
- Rodeo - Barbarism gone past its time
- An answer to those who defend rodeo on the grounds that it is historical
- Preferably know the people and see how they operate
- You're right - I don't believe in riding horses either!
- Horses "For Lease" in the newspaper. How can you lease a kindred spirit?
- And if anyone or anything does not conform to the will of this human animal, he, or she, or it must and will be changed, or eliminated, or used
- You see them standing in tiny paddocks, swaying, pawing, circling... *LINK* *PIC*
- If you will use a horse for your own amusement, you will use the entirety of Gaia for your own amusement
- Not cruel enough to be "real" rodeo
- Lucy Rosen Kaplan - My father could no longer bear to subject horses to the weight of a human passenger: Foreword to "The Eternal Treblinka"
- Lucy Rosen Kaplan and Charles Patterson
- The Lifeforce Image Gallery has a wide range of photographic images of violations of animal rights
- When I receive a solicitation from one of the 'cruel' charities...
- Animal Voices Film Festival - Saturday June 2 to June 3 ; Vancity Theatre
- Coco-Cola has agreed to end its animal tests *LINK* *PIC*
- We have so many Shar-pei in need of homes, donations, foster care... *LINK* *PIC*
- Surrey Leader Rodeo poll
- Beagles being flown to France for use in medical experiments upset passengers
- Air Canada flying dog for research - awful!
- I will be following up to find the source of these dogs. One company that supplies research animals is Covance *LINK*
- Re: Beagles being flown to France for use in medical experiments upset passengers *LINK*
- Calgary Herald: Dogs flown to France for use in medical experiments
- PETA's list of companies that do not test on animals *LINK*
- Researcher defends using animals
- Doctors Speak Out Against Animal Testing *LINK*
- The vivisection industry has done a fantastic job of brainwashing the few people who actually question it
- It is much sadder that the majority of these passengers just go home and have a nice meat dinner for consolation
- To animal-lovers and thinkers, the killing of an animal is murder
- Count Leon Tolstoi
- Former Ronald McDonald says "Meat is Murder"
- Leonardo da Vinci says it's murder
- G.B. Shaw
- Thomas Edison and Rachel Carson
- So does Lucretius
- So does the Bible
- Isaac Bashevis Singer - "All people are Nazis; To animals it is an eternal Treblinka"
- Open Letter Re: Vancouver Aquarium Expansion
- Aquarium plan unveiled
- U.S. health institute to stop breeding chimps for research
- Saanich dog owners should be aware that the Animal Bylaw has been revised to include a new category: "aggressive" dogs
- Rottweiler paroled, owner's pet privileges curtailed
- Until effective animal control enforcement is in place, we should keep dogs out of all public spaces
- The writing is on the wall unless dog owners behave
- Lots of controversy over explosion in dog-owning
- The truth about cats and dogs -- and their owners
- Launching the Animal-Myth-Buster blog series
- EARTHLINGS -This Movie Will Change Your Life
- West Van dog puncher gets 30 days jail: Vancouver City Animal Shelter rushes to protect dog from cruelty
- Colin Mastin got jail time for hurting the Vancouver Pound worker, but not for punching his dog
- The Raincoast Foundation and Big Heart Rescue combined forces to present a healthy dog clinic in Bella Bella *LINK* *PIC*
- Cheers of appreciation to everyone!
- Lawsuit threatened over delayed killer whale report
- Horrific Didsbury trial - Man pleads guilty in dog abuse case
- Re: Horrific Didsbury trial - Man pleads guilty in dog abuse case *LINK*
- In Defense of Animals: Patents Deliberately Injured Rabbits *LINK*
- Tammy Grimes: I am slated to stand trial for theft and receiving stolen property for aiding a dog who lay chained...
- The "saving species" business moves in on the spotted owl
- Tiger escapes from Primate Estates zoo in Lake Cowichan *LINK*
- Cowichan Lake - Tiger cage tampered with prior to escape say cops
- Agriculture Minister Pat Bell has said the province is conducting a review of its animal regulations in the wake of the tiger mauling
- The provincial government plans to expedite legislation to ensure exotic pet owners are properly equipped
- 'Loss of companionship'; New Jersey to consider legitimate damage claim
- Stop the wrong federal anti-cruelty law from being passed!
- Parksville Qualicum News - Pick-ups and dogs a very bad mix.
- Thank you, Dr. Holly
- Cloverdale Rodeo to cancel four events next year
- Re: Cloverdale Rodeo to cancel four events next year
- Iditarod propaganda film nominated for Emmy Award *LINK*
- Another dolphin still-birth at the Vancouver Aquarium *LINK*
- Re: Another dolphin still-birth at the Vancouver Aquarium *LINK*
- Maggie the sick Anchorage Zoo elephant - protest
- In Defense of Animals Calls For Federal Investigation of Alaska Zoo *PIC*
- August 2003: Burnaby Now: Carlton's tigers at Brentwood Mall *LINK*
- Raeside chained dog cartoon *PIC*
- Is there hope?
- The bills will continue to die quickly - and the unfortunate animals die slowly
- Cowichan Lake - Tiger cage tampered with prior to escape *LINK*
- Kennedy the rabbit - There would be no road to recovery *PIC*
- Iditarod musher Ramy Brooks banned from Iditarod for two years for sled dog abuse *LINK*
- Modern Dog Magazine - Misty's Happily Ever After *LINK* *PIC*
- Boo the wandering bear: "a commercial captive animal enclosure and he has to obviously make money for them"
- It's raining cats and kittens at BHR! *PIC*
- Cara proves that there are small miracles every day *LINK* *PIC*
- UPDATE AND PETITION - A wolf captured in Albania has become best friends with a donkey *PIC*
- Sign the petition *PIC*
- The donkey is now cagefree *PIC*
- Now posted on Care2.com
- Action Alert! The wolf is still caged - Who to write to *PIC*
- My letter
- Only one email address in the Action Alert may have worked
- Confined and miserable animals' only escape is death
- Dead grey whale may have been hit by ship
- AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A 180-kilogram gorilla escaped from his enclosure
- Protected Kermode bear shot and killed: Squamish saves a grizzly: Kelowna's trash attracts bears
- Honey bee crisis tied to farming, expert says
- Coquitlam SPCA adopts a no-dogs policy because of barking complaints
- Margaret Wente: Maybe we could just cut off their ears and keep them in a chain-link cage
- SPCA seized dog "Ladybug" *PIC*
- Province - The Camping Seizures - SPCA wants stronger laws and the PCA Act moved to the A.G.'s ministry
- $71,000 for SPCA inspectors' training but one billion for the Olympics?
- We left some dogs that I still lie awake thinking about
- Cara proves that there are small miracle everyday *LINK* *PIC*
- Link corrected - Stand Up for Harriet Nahanee! Sign the petition to have a public enquiry into her incarceration *LINK*
- A wolf captured in Albania has become best friends with a donkey *PIC*
- The depth of human stupidity and depravity this reveals
- A letter to the Albanian Embassy
- Please sign the petition *PIC*
- Stopping Iceland's brutal whaling fleet *LINK* *PIC*
- Reporting bad breeders *LINK*
- After years of complaints about Primate Estates in Cowichan, perhaps something will be done at last
- Photos of injured NWT racing sled dogs *LINK* *PIC*
- Didsbury - House arrest for 'unimaginable suffering' on dog.
- Crime was a "poorly thought out euthanasia attempt"
- The "euthanasia" word has been twisted again to defend the indefensible
- Some punishment - BIG DEAL
- Tiger Kills Woman – Time for Government Ban on Exotic Animals *LINK*
- 100 Mile House: captive tiger mauls woman
- Washington bans wild animals as pets
- Whistler bar boasts that it will have sex, wine, and tigers *LINK*
- AAS received three phone calls from very upset people who witnessed the exploitation of this tiger and a lynx at Burnaby's Brentwood Mall *LINK* *PIC*
- Why did the Burnaby SPCA permit the mall show? Did the SPCA report the unsafe enclosures to the Ministry of Social Services?
- Why didn't the SPCA make Carlton build an adequate shelter?
- Tiger to be destroyed
- Am I mis-reading this? "The other two tigers in the compound will be kept alive."
- Lifeforce Foundation on CKNW: Peter Hamilton actually does more than pose for the media
- I hope a coroner's investigation looks into all the chances the SPCA had for so many years to do something
- Pictures of the tiger's cage?
- Office of the Premier responds to concerns
- Whoever ordered Gangus's "euthanasia" should be charged.
- Pictures of the tigers in their miserable cage *PIC*
- Brave children battled killer tiger
- The SPCA would kill the tigers even when they had done nothing wrong? Where is that in the SPCA's mandate?
- There appears to be a lot of confusing contradictions *PIC*
- Which is it? You COULD seize or you COULDN'T seize?
- The SPCA spent thousands of dollars trying to find new lodging for the tigers
- Letters to Editors
- Tragic tiger mauling highlights need for exotic-pet controls
- Vancouver city councillor wants provincial ban on exotic pets
- Three letters: Is this "speaking for animals?"
- Vancouver City Council votes to raise the issue at the next UBCM meeting
- There is absolutely no excuse good enough to warrant SPCA leaving these exotic animals in this horrific state
- 2002: Tigers kept in cage under porch in Abbotsford
- Canadian Press: Marcie Moriarty, general manager of cruelty investigations for the SPCA, said the facility is a "public safety catastrophe."
- One of the tigers escaped in 2002: Abbotsford law in 2003 - a long history of complaints
- Richmond Animal Shelter replaced the SPCA and needs all animal-lovers everywhere to share their dreams for the future of animals
- Gluten factory had a toxic history - Los Angeles Times
- Internet-based encyclopedia to list all species *LINK*
- Pet food scare hits fish farms as B.C. firm recalls feed
- Two protests: Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Cloverdale Rodeo
- Do you remember love? A gift from Joy Langan *LINK*
- WARNING - Dancing bears of India and Pakistan video
- Sealing ship - Crushed and swallowed by the ice and sea *PIC*
- Words don't kill - Sealing clubs kill
- How comprehensive is Petcetera/SPCA's adoption screening for rabbits?
- Why would anyone throw away a good dog like Santana? *LINK* *PIC*
- "Dogabet" the Dog Alphabet book now on sale! *PIC*
- "Dogabet" order form
- A Very Inconvenient Truth - the connection between eating meat and the destruction of the environment
- Rafe Mair re the SPCA's crab boil: "We don’t want to face unpleasantness when it’s inconvenient" *LINK* *PIC*
- Either every being on this home of ours has a right to his or her own, individual rights or none do
- Driven by bad P.R. Is that why the crab boil was cancelled? *LINK*
- Last year the SPCA was asked: Is the SPCA still serving meat at its fundraisers? *LINK*
- Does the SPCA have a policy of not serving meat or animal products at its meetings and fundraisers yet? *LINK*
- Tonight on Global TV News - 4 rehabbed grizzly cubs
- BC government wants to use cubs as tourist magnets
- No reply at all - Letter in Richmond Review
- Richmond Animal Protections Society responds
- I find it interesting that Ms. Walker is so ready to complain and do it *publicly*
- Jubiliation as a baby killer whale is born in J Pod; mother is Slick
- Surrey: Police shoot dog, frighten neighbours in surprise raid
- Wall Street Journal: How Much Is Your Dog's Life Worth?
- The product was obviously hesitant to reach the end of the chute
- Animal rights and animal law courses in academia have rapidly expanded
- Why did the chicken cross the road? To see an attorney, of course.
- Wildlife Federation bumper sticker
- The story of the rescue of a sick little old dog *LINK* *PIC*
- Traumatized Cat Needs A Home *PIC*
- Stephen Harper and Garry Lunn want to bring 320 oil tankers a year to BC’s wild dangerous pristine coast
- SPCA Biscuit Fund - 100% of all the donations we receive will be spent on veterinary care and rehabilitation
- November 2001: Community Consultation Report recommends getting out of animal control contracting because of the harm it does to the SPCA's reputation
- When the Community Consultation panel released its report, AAS was full of praise for it. And full of misguided hope *LINK*
- Driven by bad P.R. - The SPCA crab boil is cancelled *LINK*
- Letters to the SPCA about suing AAS - No Whales in Captivity
- Letters to the SPCA about suing AAS - Joy Langan, former MP for Mission-Coquitlam
- Prince George - Exotic Animals and Circuses On Their Way Out
- Nevada Humane Society Takes a Giant Leap for the Animals
- New Animal Health course at Douglas College
- Do crows count?
- Hippo friend found for Hazina
- Hippo friend found for Hazina. "Found"? Bought and paid for you mean
- URGENT/SIGN NOW; Medical Care For Wild Dogs of the Chilcotin! *LINK*
- Last gasp for wild Tasmanian devils
- Thousands of Japanese conned into thinking lambs are poodles
- Gator loose on Langley campus
- Mandatory Spay/Neuter being proposed in California
- Judith's story and Jaida's blog - two moving rescue stories
- Iditarod cruelty *LINK*
- There's a bounty of $10 US on Kosovo's stray dogs
- Man feeds puppy to his snake
- rabbits mean nothing to people in our society
- It has been illegal in the UK for reptiles to be fed live animals for years
- Wouldn't we be doing the snakes and their live or dead prey a favour if we just left them all in the wild to do the natural thing?
- Caged dogs attack woman
- Guard dog attacks again
- Tippi's Happy Ending just gets better and better *LINK* *PIC*
- Fish farms cause death and destruction
- North Shore Bear Fest
- Savage Slob Sealers Sulk for lack of Smokes
- Austria Gives Full Support to the Seals
- I wish I were proud to be a Canadian
- II have the dubious distinction of being a Canadian of Icelandic heritage
- Big Heart Rescue "Dogabet" fundraiser *PIC*
- Learn more about Dianna's support of the work Big Heart Rescue does
- Animals and Society Institute: International Compassionate Living Conference
- Why don't we worry more about the STUPID people that can't look after their own animals?
- We DO worry about people who do not do right by their animals; that is exactly what AAS and its supporters are all about
- In Memory of Jordan *LINK* *PIC*
- Re: In Memory of Jordan
- Re: In Memory of Jordan
- Jordan was my Friday dog
- Re: In Memory of Jordan
- Carol Sonnex remembered
- Thank you, Carol, for lighting so many inner spirits and fires
- Sealer Admits Killing Seals for Fun
- If there are no young seals next year, perhaps the fun-loving Sealers could turn their attention to the kittens of abandoned, feral cats
- The No-Kill Movement: From "Animal Control" to "Animal Care and Control" *LINK*
- World Week for Animals in Laboratories *LINK*
- Free! Join renowned researcher, naturalist and author Ben Kilham for an informative and entertaining evening about black bears *PIC*
- Big Heart Rescue and the Raincoast Foundation Partner for a Dog Health Program in Bella Bella *LINK*
- Gail Moerkerken is being sued by the BC SPCA *NM* *LINK*
- Ontario: Humane society takes in First Nations dogs
- Ask the front line people: Death is merciful for the thousands and thousands of northern dogs
- Reserves don't work for anyone animal or human
- Crocodile tears over polar bears
- Berlin Zoo polar bear doubles attendance numbers
- Langley: Beaver trapping on agenda for local government meeting
- Take note Port Coquitlam!
- Calgary Zoo gorillas mourn death of Tabitha
- Budapest: 5,000 bunnies escape in truck rollover
- It makes me sick to know the suffering of the rabbits made a good news story
- As caring advocates for animals and a better New York
- Reforming Animal Control by Obtaining Information with Litigation
- Mayor & animal control directors sued over conflicts of interest
- Three little rabbits in dark little cages in the Nanaimo Petcetera *LINK*
- I wonder how long they'll sit before being replaced by more
- Letter to Mr Urbani: The majority of consumers are becoming more and more aware of animal cruelty
- There is a very successful SPCA in San Francisco, which has altered attitudes towards animals
- We are marching no longer by ones and twos but in legions of thousands
- Tippi - the SPCA is still selling animals with untreated health problems *PIC*
- SPCA can't afford food or proper health care but it can afford lawsuits
- Letter to BC government asking for a public inquiry into the BC SPCA
- Government seems to think that since the SPCA has been in operation for 112 years that it doesn't need to be looked into
- Letter to BC government re SPCA funds for lawsuits
- This story of Tippi reminded me so much of my little toy poodle/x I adopted from the SPCA for $200 2 1/2 years ago
- Dolphins recruited for war on terror
- Sea Shepherd Society - Weather Helps Baby Seals on the Labrador Front
- Speciesism, Alive and Well
- Make a choice! And LIVE it!
- Environment: Dominance no justification for killing
- Vancouver Art Gallery - Reptiles safe from the angry crowd
- Art gallery exterminates bugs, lizards from controversial exhibit
- I wonder how quickly they would respond if I called them to investigate a neighbour who had a little box in their backyard with reptiles and crickets
- What's next? Cockfighting and pit bull fighting?
- Pet food crisis highlights China's food safety problems
- Whistleblower Accuses Oakland Animal Shelter of Systemic Abuse
- UNCC study shows euthanasia-related strain among animal shelter workers
- Police powers in private hands a dangerous thing *LINK*
- AAS and SPCA have the same goal - we part company over the welfare of seized animals
- European embassy contacts - now is the hottest time to write about seal skin ban
- Please take action NOW for the seals! As they bleed and drag themselves across the ice
- Margaret Wente: overfishing is killing everything - no more sushi!
- New website: No-Kill BC - The Voice of the No-Kill Movement in BC
- I now feel that my donations to the BC SPCA were made under a misunderstanding
- My two beautiful dogs came from those “critics living in dreamland who offer no practical alternatives”
- Filming continues after pup dies
- Giving Up The Animal Control Contract: An Interview With Richard Avanzino
- Free to a good home - the animal rescue movie *LINK*
- One of the lines that caught our attention...
- A Response to Mr. Miller and Mr. Highfield
- Mr Miller defends the SPCA against the "sanctity of life nuts" *LINK*
- "Honey, you are not right for this job" *LINK*
- Walking into most SPCA shelters we were met by complete indifference *LINK*
- A LOT of good reading at the Delta Optimist site
- My two beautiful dogs came from those 'critics living in dreamland who offer no practical alternatives'
- North Shore Bear Festival Calendar of Events listing for April *LINK*
- Seal hunt
- Badly injured by tethered dog
- Dog breeder Shannon Currie wants to take the BC SPCA to court for defamation, harassment and slander *LINK*
- Cruelty at the VAG?
- Life-time SPCA member can't get answers about costs of lawsuits
- Don't Eat Us! Please Let Us Live! Don't Eat Meat!
- Meat causes many diseases: depression, diabetes, cancer, dementia...
- The consumption of meat causes global suffering: World hunger & environmental pollution
- Quotes from great minds
- Internet ad for animals for experimentation
- Humans are the problem, not the bears
- Media release: The first seal died
- Animal rights groups prepare to observe critical northern Gulf hunt
- Fish feel pain
- Criticisms of AAS and our answers *LINK*
- Earthlings - narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix
- Comox SPCA: Cats could be euthanized if homes not found
- Agust 30, 2006: Comox SPCA - "We euthanize cats here"
- Limiting surrender instead of killing for space is the ethical choice
- It is hard for me to understand the alternatives you are suggesting to the SPCA to substitute the killing of unwanted and unadoptable animals
- PRO DOG HANDLING SEMINARS *LINK* *PIC*
- North Shore Bear Festival Weekend April 27,28,29, 2007
- History shows the folly of a seal cull
- Puntledge seal cull requested to preserve salmon
- Seals or salmon: It's a tough choice
- Gluttonous Harbour Seals to get Shock of their Lives
- Electronic deterrent for hungry harbour seals
- Don't blame seals for salmon loss
- St. Albert: Idling bylaw shouldn’t trump city’s responsibility to protect animals *LINK*
- More bears to be imprisoned for gawkers' amusement and money
- Rabbit sales to be phased out in Petcetera stores across BC *PIC*
- SPCA announcement
- Petcetera to stop selling bunnies before Easter
- Why just stop selling rabbits in the Lower Mainland before Easter?
- Petcetera could easily make the right decision
- Now if we could only put enough pressure on EVERY pet store so that they would stop selling ALL animals
- Live Rabbit Giveaway
- Rabbit rescuers like Carmina Gooch, with access to a public form that allows a voice of the other side to be heard... *LINK*
- Four letters of many....
- Just one of many from AAS... *LINK*
- SPCA warns against impulse purchase of bunnies for pets
- Re: SPCA warns against impulse purchase of bunnies for pets
- Bunny Debate
- Nanaimo Petcetera and Paws 'n Jaws selling rabbits, but not PetsMart
- Abandoned rabbits at the Nanaimo airport *PIC*
- Helping rabbits in the Okanagan
- Rick Sargent: Some parallels in the Atlanta Humane Society and the BC SPCA v AAS lawsuit *LINK*
- BC government protects the SPCA from FOI - - what rocks would that turn over?
- CEO asked by long-time member
- 23 years to settle defamation case
- World Wide Primates loses to my sister, Dr Shirley McGreal of International Primate Protection League
- The BC SPCA names four "Imputations" against AAS
- CVMJ: Private funding of policing activities poses challenges to credibility and maintenance of a just and transparent enforcement process
- THE GOVERNANCE DEFICIT: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE POLICING IN CANADA
- In 1994 the Minister of Argiculture promised a government review of SPCA powers *LINK*
- Horse owner alleges horse died as a result of its handling by the SPCA
- OSPCA Police Powers
- Shriner's SLAPP suit: "Where does all the money go?" "Why all the secrecy?"
- These are the exact two questions the public needs to be asking about BC SPCA
- Why have so many people - and the media especially - never questioned why ...
- The SPCA keeps completely secret the amount of donor dollars that are being spent on the lawsuit
- Once again I ask: "what are we willing to do about this?"
- Like you we went through the same hellish experience to save the life of Gracie
- There might not be a seal hunt in Canada this year
- Gateway Rally March 31st - Rafe Mair, Raging Grannies, more....
- ANTHEM FOR THE CHAINED DOG *LINK* *PIC*
- LOTS OF MONEY SPENT ON SPCA MANAGER'S SALARIES: Oceanside Star
- Mr Kempf knows of what he writes
- Just don't ask me to help pay lawyers' fees and court costs
- The SPCA should account for the thousands it spends on lawyers to keep the public in the dark
- Oceanside Star - SPCA deserves millions for the work they do
- Niagara Action For Animals Libel Suit:In attempting to silence its critics, Marineland may be opening doors on secrets it has tried to hide for years *LINK*
- Libel Lawsuit Dropped By Marineland
- Canadian libel law has markedly differed from that in other English speaking countries
- Iditarod dogs take a beating in more ways than one. *LINK*
- U.S. Superior Court uphold conviction against SPCA for malicious prosecution
- Re: U.S. Superior Court uphold conviction against SPCA for malicious prosecution
- Atlanta Humane Society SLAPP suit thrown out of court *LINK*
- Atlanta Humane Society Loses both Libel Suits *LINK*
- Burnett states, “Our libel laws are the least protective of free speech in the English-speaking world.”
- Petcetera to stop selling rabbits: FastTrack: SPCA newsletter for members, staff and volunteers
- Canmore Alberta: an unstoppable horde of rabbits?
- One of the biggest problems is that baby rabbits are sold through pet stores *PIC*
- UVic battles bunnies
- What if these pups get into the wrong hands? *LINK* *PIC*
- They are bred for a very specific market and that who is going to buy them *LINK*
- One happy ending to a story that is most often sad and deadly for dogs
- Why does this appalling genetic modification (that's what breeding is) go on without more outcry?
- No animal, and yes, that includes dogs, cats, horses, birds, etc., belongs in captivity
- Actually, cases like Finnegan's are numerous. My story is....
- I am getting so sick and tired of hearing about animals dying because the SPCA has "dropped the ball" yet again
- The American Humane Association is probing a Vancouver film-production firm after two of its puppies had to be euthanized and at least 15 fell sick
- Puppies' deaths could lead to changes for filmmakers
- Doesn't the North Vancouver Animal Shelter have some responsibility here?
- Dogs, cats, etc. etc. gain no benefit from their use in our entertainment
- Chilliwack SPCA closes for cleanup: 50 animals moved because of parvo and ringworm
- Letter to BC SPCA President: Were puppies with ringworm killed?
- Bob Busch, BC SPCA GM Operations, confirms they were
- Past BC SPCA President, Rick Sargent: Policy makes one wonder why the SPCA has a Manager of Animal Health
- Pound contracts and killing the sick
- SPCA policies are realistic compared to the "sanctity of life nuts"
- In the past I know from being told by SPCA staff, that the policy has been used as grounds to justify the killing
- Trading quality for quantity
- The Vancouver pound managed not to kill for parvo
- Iditarod kills sled dogs and puppies year round *LINK* *PIC*
- Idiotarod ties Yukon Quest with three dead sled dogs in 2007 *LINK* *LINK*
- The Death Star Returns to the Land of the Rising Sun
- An Icelandic-Canadian's Response
- From the East Coast to the West Coast, Canadians are protesting the seal hunt. In BC at....
- Horses on auction list lead to fears of sale for slaughter *LINK*
- Doggie Fur *LINK*
- 92% of revenue to direct animal care - VDACS has something to boast about! *LINK*
- Cha Cha the Chow - Dear Renu, I had hoped to tell you a happy ending story... *PIC*
- Interview at a dog pound
- California anti-tethering law allows dogs full-time on trolley lines and does not prevent penning
- Do you think a trolley is any different to a dog than a tether? We doubt this dog does *PIC*
- Flawed Anti-tethering Bylaw in Burnaby, BC *LINK* *PIC*
- Ask the Prime Minister of Japan to put a halt to the slaughter of dolphins *LINK*
- The end of Finnegan's story: Watch video *LINK*
- Let's hope lots of people saw it and will think twice about animal welfare in this province
- O.K., - So What Do We Do Now?
- If you heard the SPCA on CFUN *LINK*
- We will be asking CTV for all the accounts it has received
- everyone who knows of a suffering dog - get video and send it to CTV and to AAS
- Use CKNW's "Suggest a Topic" to get more publicity for these poor dogs
- Renu and Bill: YOU need to speak for the animals on behalf of all your listeners
- Angus Reid poll - Please vote against the seal hunt *LINK*
- How come that none of my acquaintances consider the seal hunt to be anything other than barbaric slaughter?
- Cats and Dogs were interviewed!
- What a SICK COUNTRY we live in! *LINK*
- Is it that people who inflict pain upon others just can't relate?
- Re: Angus Reid poll - Please vote against the seal hunt
- Thinking of buying a rabbit for Easter? STOP! *PIC*
- Watch CTV local news tonight for the final coverage of Finnegan *LINK* *PIC*
- Cancelled
- Rescheduled for Friday
- That the SPCA is using this money in this pompous defamation lawsuit is sickening
- By the time that I am writing this post, Finnegan is dead
- Read about this lawsuit *LINK*
- Promos are wonderful! Maybe the SPCA will finally get the message
- CTV played the "trailer" for his story during American Idol last night
- CFUN interview today at 10:30 - 1410 AM
- Interview with SPCA P.R. person Lorie Chortyk says this was an exception. What about these dogs then? *PIC*
- Yet the SPCA seized these dogs *NM* *PIC*
- The SPCA's "state-of-the-art temperament test" - "Behavior-killing has become epidemic. It is huge at 'shelters' *LINK*
- Killing to "Protect the Public" *LINK*
- The Lure of Killing: Deterrents must be put in place at the outset to discourage fraudulent representations
- Tests are a "state-of-the-art" excuse for killing dogs that need expensive rehabilitation
- What rehabilitation does the SPCA provide for dogs with behaviour problems?
- WHEN LUCKY WAS KILLED BY THE SURREY SPCA, HE WAS ONE YEAR OLD
- Many people tried to stop the use of the SPCA's test
- Does anybody know what is taught at the "dog-savvy" course and how long the course is?
- Finnegan was not an "exception"
- These two dogs have been chained for about 6 years in this disgusting environment
- Perhaps the SPCA has already contacted Marion of Dogs Deserve Better about this dog. We hope so
- This type of thing is happening all the time and the SPCA does nothing
- Thank You!!
- MLA tries to ban sale of toxic antifreeze
- Pooch poo in political spotlight
- Sri Lanka: elephants are being killed simply because they interfere with agriculture *LINK* *PIC*
- Feature length documentary called "Earthlings," narrated by Joaquin Phoenix *LINK*
- Canmore AB rabbits - live or die?
- Dog meat *LINK*
- Langley Times: Letter from Terrance Veer re Greater Vancouver Zoo
- BC SPCA CEO Craig Daniell responds
- Dangerous precedent? AAS warned of this
- BC SPCA adopt-a-thon for farm animals
- Will this be better than selling animals through an auction house?
- No follow-up for dogs or cats or rabbits....
- OSPCA caught flipping horses through an auction
- Is the colt ready to be rehomed?
- In memory of Mopsy *LINK* *PIC*
- Thanks for all you do for the rabbits and all animals
- Liberals scrap over animal-cruelty bills
- PLEASE write a letter to the Globe and Mail and to MPs
- Unquestionably - strong, enforceable animal cruelty legislation is necessary – BUT WHO GETS THE POWER?
- Granting unsupervised police powers to a chronically underfunded private charity...
- Province: Cops must accept civilian oversight
- Police openness fosters public trust, while secrecy can foster fear and suspicion
- Civilian probes would boost confidence in police
- SPCA calls a pen and a dog house "Shangri-La"? *PIC*
- Hidden in the garage - Coco's story is what we warned of *LINK* *PIC*
- This is what we mean by the SPCA's standards of animal welfare being out of step with many dog-lovers' standards *LINK*
- Why is it that people at a local pound seem to be more compassionate
- Let's Do It!
- Rescuing bath-tub spiders
- Jailed Native environmentalist, Harriet Nahanee, dies
- This country has a shameful record of incarcerating Native people
- Krawczyk and Nahanee stood up and said, "Green is green". One's dead and the other's in jail
- Betty's remarkable letter to Madame Justice Brown is published on her blog
- Some of the personal ways we can help Betty
- Betty Krawczyk; last time jailed she was not allowed out to visit her dying son
- Shocking video of Japanese dolphin slaughter *LINK*
- Irresponsible owners are the ones who tie up their animals in the backyard.
- Replacing a tether with a pen or a trolley line is still not humane
- Greenland Sled Dogs Shocking Treatment - Please write Premier Henoksen *LINK* *PIC*
- If that photo does not break your heart, nothing will *LINK*
- Whitehorse resident charged in dog dragging incident *LINK*
- Re: Greenland Sled Dogs Shocking Treatment - Please write Premier Henoksen
- No Kill Animal Association of Lethbridge Alberta *LINK*
- Yukon Territory, Canada - Third sled dog killed in Yukon Quest *LINK* *PIC*
- Poor little pit bull was put down
- On the same page: Fraser Valley Humane Society cat makes it!
- The Good Side of PETA
- Designer rabbits?
- Seeing red over the pink rabbits
- MP Myron Thompson presents "Daisy Duke" petitions to the House *LINK*
- Check out article in Calgary Herald *LINK*
- PLEASE SEE THIS EMERGENCY UPDATE to help stop BAD animal cruelty legislation
- The wrong anti-cruelty bill is being promoted in the House! Please help us stop it!
- Say No to Bill S-213 now! *LINK*
- Langley pound does not practice unlimited surrender
- The GVAC "Vets for Pets" Street Clinics in Victoria continue monthly *PIC*
- More Pictures from the GVAC Street Clinic *PIC* *PIC*
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 2 teens get 10 years in tortured puppy case *LINK*
- Just wish the norm was a long prison sentence for deliberate and willful animal cruelty
- Braveheart and the evil of bow hunting *PIC*
- Mickey has been at the DHS for just over a year... *PIC*
- The Province: Pet Rescue: The untold tails *PIC*
- Letter to the Editor
- Letter to the Province: It's those groups and individuals who don't get the glory, the donations or simple recognition...
- MP Myron Thompson will be presenting petition to the House
- Las Vegas pound kills 1000 animals - an example of dangerous confusion *LINK*
- Dangerous confusion indeed. A pound, especially one with unlimited surrender MUST kill
- BC's little societies relieve much of the pressure on the big agencies
- There is no way a POUND should be accepting owner surrendered pets
- We already know about PETA and its lethal solution to pet over-population. Now we have HSUS's "72 hour" solution
- Whatever is done to the "least" of these is done to you and me
- HSUS instructions strange
