Dear Sirs/Madams

As an animal lover, I would like to ask that you put all possible donated money into improving the lives of those special creatures! There are private organizations working very hard and staffed only by volunteers, who are making a huge difference in animal's lives in this province. We have become very aware of some of the problems within the SPCA, such as crowded facilities, animal disposal, lack of spay and neuter clinics--just to name a few. We can all work together for the betterment of animals---please stop spending thousands of dollars of the donated funds (meant to go to animal welfare) on fighting with those who only want to improve the lives of animals in this province!

All of the criticism of your organization will stop, when animal welfare becomes the sole initiative of your organization. This can be easily accomplished and the private organizations are very willing to offer their assistance to this end. Let's work together.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely
Shirley Henderson
North Vancouver
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Dear Ms Troman,
I am sending this email to ask your board to reconsider the money it is spending on lawyers to deal with critics such as Animal Advocates.
It seems to be a extremely ill-advised way of spending the money that animal lovers across B.C. have donated. Until recently I had been a monthly supporter of the SPCA for over a decade. To me that money was given for the benefit of the animals, not the organization itself.
Actions speak much louder than words and if the SPCA wants to defend itself it should be done by its actions. There are laws that need to be enforced. There are new laws that are desperately needed. There are animals all across BC that need help. This is what the Society should be concentrating on not worrying about its critics. If the Society is doing its job of Prevention of Cruelty of the hundreds of animals in BC then its critics would be few and far between.
It would seem to me that at the core is the well being of animals and the one thing all animal groups have as a priority. It is also one that should be causing us to work together to make things better for the animals not wasting the the desparately needed funds which could benefit so many animals.
Jaye Murray
South Surrey, BC
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Dear SPCA Board members,
I am writing to you out of concern and frustration over the lawsuit which you have started against Animal Advocates Society.
Is this a privately funded lawsuit on your part? Or do you have a special fund set aside called the "Lawsuit Fund", so that donors know where so much of their money is going?
Because, if not, you must be using donated funds that people assume are going to the animals to fight this ridiculous battle.
I call it a ridiculous battle for several reasons.
a) If what AAS and the larger group of people who support AAS is not true, then why do you not ever offer to show us proof that we are in the wrong?
b) If you care about the welfare of animals, why are you not open to constructive criticism? Or any criticism, for that matter.
c) Why do you often fail to do the absolute MINIMUM in animal care - spay/neuter, vaccinations, spay/neuter education, decent housing? You say that you can't afford to do these things, yet you always have money for the lawsuit, for the salaries, etc.
What on earth is your reasoning? Time and again, I hear of the large sums of money that get donated to the SPCA, and it chokes me right up to know that a lot of that money is being wasted in the attempt to silence your critics.
It will not ever work. After each choke, I emerge with a clearer voice, and I will never stop working to push you into being the organization you were meant, I believe, to be. Or until you just get out of town; I really don't care anymore, which.
It might interest you to know that of the many people I have encountered who are disenchanted with the SPCA, not one of them became disillusioned because of AAS. It has, in every case, been because of their own experiences with the SPCA, or the experience of someone very close to them. It seems you are your own worst enemy.
Lyn MacDonald
Ex-Salt Spring SPCA employee