It's not true - the SPCA's statutory powers cover every inch of BC including Reserves. It can't go on Reserves to do animal control unless it has a contract with the Reserve to do animal control, but that is true of anywhere - of course no one can do animal control where they don't have a contract to do it. This is not rocket science. Yet the SPCA successfully uses this line to refuse to investigate animal abuse on Reserves.

What is the SPCA doing to encourage better treatment of animals on Reserves? It is not easy to change entrenched cultural ideas and habits as these posts all show. But the SPCA has a lot of power, and it's been given money to tackle the problem. The SPCA's latest Strategic Plan says:
Directive #12: As a consequence of receiving a $25,000 grant from the Vancouver Foundation, set aside $5,000 in each of the next five years to provide quality humane education programs for first nations communities, focusing on pet overpopulation issues."

$5,000 a year on education about overpopulation is a fine idea and will reap benefits to animals one day, maybe ten or twenty years from now, but $50,000 a year is needed to actually sterilize Reserve animals, not just talk about it.