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- Big Heart Rescue is pleased to announce that our organization has been granted permission by the Heiltsuk Band in Bella Bella to conduct a three day vaccination and sterilization clinic
- Amazing that one tiny organization did this
- By the way, Gail is being sued by the BC SPCA
- Funny how those of us being sued
- My cheque is in the mail
- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world.
- SPCA Investigation underway after cat clamped in leghold trap
- Canada silent on Japan's aim to widen whale hunt
- Baby bald eagles lead to call for construction moratorium
- Coal-stoking Premier Gordon Campbell heard something as rare as the hoot of a spotted owl last week: A murmur of applause from environmentalists
- Botanical artist worked to save Nambian rhinos from extinction
- "Sockanee " freed after 80 years *PIC*
- PETA possibly involved with dead dogs
- PETA "explains"
- "I think it's safe to say the People for the ETHICAL Treatment of animals lied... To the animals and humans"
- You cannot kill as a solution or you will corrupt
- Accepting killing as a solution is accepting defeat
- I believe that the principle reason that the SPCA's bottom line is millions of dollars in red ink is because it continues to embrace animal control
- Pawns in the set-up?
- PETA Sues to Block Elephant Transfer
- Celebrate Cheech's "First Year of Freedom Party" *LINK* *PIC*
- Well Judy, you have done it again. You matched up the perfect dog with the perfect family
- The year has passed so quickly, and there was Cheech - "STAYIN' ALIVE!"
- Using dogs money to hire talent
- These ladies are a SCREAM!!!
- North Shore Outlook: Asking for Grouse Review
- Cheech's First Year of Freedom Celebrations and Assessment *LINK*
- LIVE from DOGSBODY HALL! The Cheechettes singing and dancing.... *LINK*
- CTV News Channel 9 Tonight: Cheech Lives!
- DNV Council Calls for Gov't Review of Grouse Mountain Refuge
- New dog bylaws curb pit bulls,hit owners with high licensing fees
- Their freedom has no boundaries, and a little flirting never has hurt anyone... *PIC*
- In Pursuit of Happiness
- They all pay for our pleasure in their company
- In my journey I have discovered, or am discovering, that there is no meaning to life other than life itself
- SPCA staff to converge on Nanaimo for conference
- This conference seems, from the P.R., to be all about the SPCA, not about animals
- Re: This conference seems, from the P.R., to be all about the SPCA, not about animals
- Mistrust in government spawned by farm salmon
- Re: Mistrust in government spawned by farm salmon
- Then there are others among us that think like this:
- There is one sure way to end the aquaculture's production of its "commodity"
- Business's rooftop bird cull elicits outrage
- Pest Control Companies are hired to deal with many species, including feral cats
- Re: Business's rooftop bird cull elicits outrage
- My big issue with pest control companies
- IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY NIGHT! HELP GET RID OF THE GROUSE ZOO
- UPDATE ON IMPORTANT COUNCIL MEETING June 13th!
- Tony the "tuxedo cat" needs an indoor/outdoor home *PIC*
- He stuck his neck out to save turtles
- Now it's Eddy, Pyla, and Maya *LINK* *PIC*
- At only a few months old, Alfie was "put outside and muzzled...Read Alfie's Happy Ending *LINK* *PIC*
- Alfie & Willy's Happy Ending song and video *NM* *LINK*
- It's wonderful to read these stories on the website because they give hope
- Happy Endings are what keeps us going, what makes it all worth the money and the chewn furniture and...
- From Cricket, one of links in Alfie's chain of love...
- JUNE 13 - DNV Council will discuss the legality of the Grouse Mountain Wildlife Zoo: PLEASE TAKE 2 HOURS AND ATTEND!
- Zoocheck asks for review of Grouse Mountain Refuge
- Letter to Mayor re: Grouse Mountain Review of Wildlife Practices
- COME AND GET ME COPPERS! *PIC*
- Dear Jimmy C, I have an old dog with rheumy eyes and warts. Will the SPCA seize and kill her?
- Dear Jimmy C., I keep my dog in my garage to protect my BMW. Do you think the SPCA will seize my dog?
- Biologist lays charges against salmon farming company
- District of North Vancouver Meeting Monday at 7pm to Discuss Inquiry into Grouse Mountain's Refuge
- R. v. Bily - Excerpt Oral Reasons for Judgment: Case was stayed due to Charter being violated
- BCSPCA vs Nickason May 2004 Judge cites flawed warrant, and use of photographs/ video inadmissable
- Was this the case that put a stop to the SPCA's illegal bringing of the media with it to its "heroic seizures"
- More evidence that SPCAs everywhere are abusing their statutory powers just as the BC SPCA is: Ontario Court of Justice: Reasons for judgment:Pauliuk
- Questioning Grouse Mountain Resort's web hype
- Cari and Boo being used for commerce at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, also owned by the owners of the Grouse Mountain Resort *LINK* *PIC*
- Cari has "passed away"! *PIC*
- Claims of Neglect Add Claws to Zoo Fight
- Nanaimo Regional District sinks legal claws into local animal shelter
- Why is the SPCA helping the Nanaimo Regional District to harass a person who saves the lives of animals the SPCA routinely kills?
- Re: Why is the SPCA helping the Nanaimo Regional District to harass a person who saves the lives of animals the SPCA routinely kills?
- Getting information from outside the SPCA
- I am pleased that SPCA Constables Hugh Coghill and the Chief Animal Protection Officer Shawn Eccles have decided not to pursue the investigation
- Walkers Animal Rescue evicted after landlords threatened with legal action by Nanaimo Regional District
- Nanaimo SPCA took cats to Walker's Animal Rescue and then turned on it
- SPCA volunteer snoops two weeks before the SPCA comes calling at Walkers Animal Rescue *PIC*
- Letter to the Nanaimo News Bulletin:I have to question why the Regional District of Nanaimo is so interested in what a small non-profit animal shelter is doing
- ABC's 20/20: This is the way "Animal Protection" business works everywhere
- Two arms of the fake animal disposal industry
- First - the fake "Animal Welfare" arm of the animal disposal industry
- Second - the fake "Cruelty Prevention" arm of the animal disposal industry
- ABC's 20/20 messageboard: SPCAs are out for blood and will stop at nothing to get a conviction
- ABC 20/20: Animal Rescuers or Thieves? Some Owners Accuse Their SPCA Chapter of Taking Their Pets And Selling Them
- 20/20: SPCA Leader Crafts Media Image
- '20/20' Follows Garcia On a Raid
- 20/20: Challenging the Raid
- Official response to 20/20 documentary by SPCA of Texas *LINK*
- The jig is almost up - the SPCA is going to be stopped
- Interesting comments from Americans about their own SPCA woes *LINK*
- Unlawful Horse/Cattle Seizure in Colorado?
- President of SPCA of Texas speaks out
- 20/20 Forum posts link to AAS *LINK*
- More US comments on 20/20 board *LINK*
- Re: ABC 20/20: The way the law works
- The 20/20 expose vet speaks out
- Prince Rupert SPCA mulls future of animal shelter
- The Society has lost two branches since Ms. Troman became President and Mr. Daniell became CEO
- Re: The Society has lost two branches since Ms. Troman became President and Mr. Daniell became CEO
- Pawnshop owner fined for selling eagle parts
- Simply sit, point, click and bam! Bambi gets it
- Activists release video of 'horrific' seal hunt
- Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers BC *LINK* *PIC*
- Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter Press Release and Appeal for Funds *LINK* *PIC*
- A comparison: Rescue, Rehabilitate, Release Society (the 3-R's) and Drag, Display, Demean Business (the 3-D's) *LINK*
- WESTCOAST NEWS: Fawn born of dying doe recovering
- The "Zoo Business" is trying to get back into Stanley Park
- Write to the Stanley Park Ecology executive
- Nothing funny about those Aquarium ads
- All the big animal users use big P.R. firms
- It was in fact a big advertising firm who did the Aquarium ads
- Georgia Straight: Please don’t feed the ad execs
- Please write to the Vancouver Park Board and the Aquarium! *PIC*
- Response from Vancouver Aquarium: The ads are going to be pulled!
- Two good grizzly sites
- Letter to the North Shore News: Rosemary Gretton
- Pitbulls destroyed in wake of attack
- Re: Pitbulls destroyed in wake of attack
- The girl who exposed Covance Laboratory
- Circus vs. Sanctuary Battle in US over placement of Hawthorn Elephants
- At Tennessee Sanctuary, the land is their land.............
- I can not believe anyone would still allow elephants to be used in circuses
- Band to continue Luna stewardship
- Stokes Pit News Release and Petition to Federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- Langley Advance: Residents fight to save fish
- Surrey Mayor Slanders Environment Groups
- If you're looking for a beaver, you're going to have to find it on a nickel or a Surrey Parks sign *PIC*
- Painted turtles are the winners in B.C. Supreme Court decision
- Subsidizing fish farming helps to destroy the wild fisheries
- Fish Farm Flap
- Lovesick eagles stall Sea to Sky construction
- North Shore Bear Advocate Calls for a Moratorium on Expansion of Grouse Mountain’s Two Zoos
- Grinder the Grizzly kills wolf at Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife *LINK*
- Canoe.ca: Grizzly wolf kill questioned
- The Pet Psychic Racket
- Judy Stone, I am a Pet Psychic too!!!!!!!!
- Is this dog homely...or what? *PIC*
- But I rescued her from the SPCA *PIC*
- Notice of an Action for Defamation in the Supreme Court: Zippy v the Animal Advocates Society
- Notice of Apology and Vacating the Action
- It's great dogs like you that make kids like me love black dogs
- A hint for satisfying revenge
- This Judith woman must be stopped in her constant defamation of everyone
- I have put a care package in the mail to you today
- The SPCA's Biscuit Fund helps Suzy, the cat with a broken leg
- This is real animal welfare...at least it is the first step
- Real animal welfare is the same as child welfare
- The SPCA's critics have forced it to stop killing every last unsellable animal
- This is the pattern of corruption that unlimited intake follows
- I hope your SLAP suit with the SPCA is going favourably
- Many people who consider themselves worthy and kindly pet owners are guilty of being unknowing animal abusers
- We should all rethink our entire "civilized society"
- TLC Pet Adoptions has found a new site in Langley for its shelter
- Grinder the Grizzly kills wolf at Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife
- Press release: Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife is proud to announce the arrival of 4 adult male grey wolves at Grouse Mountain
- It's a business and the way the zoo business is marketed now is as "cutting edge science"
- Spotted Owl dies after release from Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife
- PACIFIC RIM ENDANGERED SPECIES CENTRE
- Kicking Horse Grizzly Bear Refuge
- The development of the world's largest, enclosed grizzly bear refuge was announced today
- Ski, eat, stare at bears, ski, drink, buy things...
- Almost everyone loves captive animals. Look at this marketing *LINK*
- Here it is, the Business Association for the hot "endangered species" market *LINK*
- And the most telling of all: The man who ran the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove has moved on
- Wildlife Rescue in Burnaby: Sad conclusion to Wolverine's journey
- It's just go, go, go in the Endangered Species Saving business *LINK*
- See what we mean? Busy, busy, busy... making those bears make money
- Dr Ken Macquisten and the BC SPCA
- Behind the scenes a different attitude is seen at work
- Set them free
- Why would Macquisten put wolves and grizzlies together when any sensible person could have predicted this outcome?
- Whoever the knothead was that thought it was a good idea to place two different predatory animals in the same "pen" should be locked in that pen with
- ERNIE CRIST: DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER COUNCILLOR: Notice of Motion re Grouse Mountain Zoo
- More letters....
- Richmond beefs up dog bylaws, fines
- Richmond Review: Pet owners can now be held responsible for dangerous dogs
- Luna 'trapped' by wave of noise *PIC*
- PETA goes undercover in Covance
- Liberals propose Bill on Animal cruelty for fifth time
- AAS WATCHDOG POST * MAY NEWS BULLETIN *LINK*
- Another 31 cats dead - Kamloops SPCA
- Mind boggling, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night after that day's work
- SPCA Press release
- The Kamloops Daily News
- Please name these "experts", SPCA
- Of course the "painting party" was a resounding success...silly Jennifer!
- The "experts" are expert in disease management - not experts in animal welfare
- A side story to the Cheech affair was the story of how money raised to pay for surgery *LINK* *PIC*
- The Kamloops SPCA is a dismal and depressing place for animals
- The Kamloops Daily News: Cat virus forces two-week closure
- ANIMAL VOICES FREE FILM FEST
- Once again, AAS does not want the destruction of the SPCA
- Transcript of the Linda Douglas/James Hill trial
- Notes to the transcript (1) The time line of inspections and seizure
- I ask once again for the SPCA to get better laws, not bigger guns
- Notes to the Transcript (2); SPCA Constables not trained in animal welfare
- Dealing - day in, day out - with various kinds of animals in all kinds of circumstances requires highly skilled people
- Animal Welfare Certificate Program: is this course required for SPCA employees? *LINK*
- Notes to the Transcript (3): the Farrier
- Notes to the Transcript (4): SPCA vet, Dr Teresa Jacobson, recommended the horse Sully be immediately euthanized. A year later she is thriving
- Notes to the Transcript (5): "The Mystery of the Creek" (that can only be seen in court photographs unless you're the SPCA in which case the creek may or may not be there)
- Notes to the seizure (6) Dr Jacobson again: the horse Cocoa and her foal: a shameful farce (more on the "Mystery of The Creek That Isn't There")
- See the AAS web section on SPCA seizures *LINK*
- The Mystery of the Warrant" The plot sickens.
- The money - No mystery about that!
- The well-known danger of logs and holes are now grounds for taking away your animals, and not a moment too soon!
- Ruthless to animals, ruthless to people - An interview with Linda Douglas
- Langley Times - SPCA returns wandering horses
- Damned if they do - damned if they don't *LINK*
- Why has Craig Daniell put the cart before the horse? *LINK*
- One of the worst cases of animal cruelty
- Who in their right minds would let these cruel individuals get away with what was done to those poor, innocent animals
- Richmond Review: May 21, 2005: Dog Owner Charged After Ill Pet Euthanized
- The Pendulum Swings *PIC*
- Crowded SPCA made cat crisis even worse
- Background on this story *LINK*
- SPCA web page boasts about Kamloops fundraising
- Both of them involved have euthanised many cats and dogs
- Putting Grandpa down
- Comment on this astonishing quote by Lindsay Curry
- Same old same old...but it works thanks to a lazy, ignorant media that does not even notice glaring hypocrisy *LINK*
- In the Surrey incident, Big Heart Rescue got the true story to the local papers *LINK*
- The Big Heart Rescue Press Release that may have stopped the SPCA from anymore mass killing of dogs
- The SPCA is a slow learner: being exposed in the media for killing dogs at the Vancouver SPCA scared them, but not enough obviously
- Re: Victoria spay / neuter clinic opportunity
- Practice what you preach Kamloops SPCA
- No Set Policy For Spay/Neuter of Rabbits
- Endangered marmots breeding in captivity
- French importer fights foie gras ban
- SPCA law suit against AAS is being paid for in the blood of animals *LINK*
- Ex-SPCA President Rick Sargent would not recommend legal action
- Does AAS want to destroy the SPCA as CEO Craig Daniell keeps saying? *LINK*
- Just how many ways can it be counted that the SPCA would be better off spending their money on animals rather than lawyers?
- The Second Attempt by the SPCA to silence AAS fails too
- November 2002: Fifteen reasons we can't trust the SPCA
- Bonnie Bischoff's letter to the Editor
- In memory of Wee Jack *LINK* *PIC*
- Such a big heart to take on all the wee ones
- Jack was so lucky you came along
- Trust me, he will not forget you
- I can't imagine how heartbreaking that was for you
- You're the lucky one
- Animal Rights: The Future *LINK*
- Tell Safeway Canada to smarten up and stop selling farmed salmon! *LINK*
- AAS new video page *LINK*
- Animal Advocates speaks to grade 9 students
- Lori Cumiskey, teacher and AAS supporter has a Yard Dogs/Puppymills presentation for high school clubs and classes
- Reinstate the anti-SLAPP Act *LINK*
- Pit bull kills little girl
- Savage pit bulls caught Orchard worker has severe injuries
- Pit bull mauls girl, 10
- Pit bull mauls Man & Wife
- Child attacked by pit bull was alone with three other children
- Anyone who is familiar with the West Vancouver SPCA shelter will know that they actually DO take in feral cats
- PAF's first post: Abandoned in life . . . . and in death, by the BC SPCA *LINK*
- PAF answers
- I'd rather be a PAF TNR'd feral than a feral trapped in an SPCA cage awaiting an uncertain fate.
- Hawthorn Elephants in Danger of Ending Up With Circus!
- SPCA Doesn't "Sanction" Rodeo
- Does the BC SPCA really expect us to believe that its history of lack of action against rodeo means that it DOESN'T approve of rodeo?
- Activists will be protesting the Cloverdale Rodeo this weekend
- Silicon Valley Animal Rights Site Opposes Rodeo *LINK*
- In Memory of Woody *LINK* *PIC*
- The story of Woody, a working horse who will never again have to earn his keep *LINK* *PIC*
- Dear sweet Woody, he should have been a grumpy old man, but he wasn't
- I loved him so much and I wished he lived with me, we could have been room mates *PIC*
- OK, now that I've cried my eyes
- Ambleside's 'Dog Father' passes away *PIC*
- "I don't care who knows it, the best thing I ever did was to liberate that dog"
- Her name was Sassy *LINK*
- Why have some gerbils and dwarf hamsters recently been "put down" at the Vancouver SPCA?
- Disney World Elephant Dies of Infection
- Thank you for your INCREDIBLE website!! *LINK*
- I have posted an article to try to address a number of issues for animals in our cities and urban areas at *LINK*
- You have sent us so many readers!
- From the NO KILL NOW web site *LINK*
- Oh dear...did you read the posts about the mass killing by the BC SPCA in Kamloops, and the...
- How refreshing - a rescuer smart enough to qualify the word 'shelter' with quotation marks
- SPCA's are similar everywhere
- The way the animal welfare/animal disposal business makes money
- Cling to the dirty animal disposal business
- This is the self-destroying tactic that the Members of the Board of Directors of the SPCA support
- The reasons that I would not recommend any legal action against AA are as follows
- This law suit is being paid for in the blood of animals *LINK*
- $950,000 left to Victoria SPCA
- The Kamloops SPCA "shelter" HAD to euthanize 59 cats
- Only the SPCA could turn a big killing event into a big fundraising event
- Maybe the SPCA can paint happy faces all over the killing room
- "The new kitties say thank mew!" So ends Bonnie's party invitations. I wonder what the dead kitties would say?
- hopefully they are painting the room black out of respect *NM*
- Bonnie Bischoff and Jennifer Gore
- Re: Bonnie Bischoff and Jennifer Gore
- Links to the Kamloops Puppymill Killings web pages *PIC*
- There was time when mass killing could be called animal welfare
- Some facts about vaccines: death was not the only remedy
- Cats were killed willy-nilly
- HAD TO KILL 59 CATS? Who is holding a gun to their heads?
- 3 Monkeys Die at Lincoln Park Zoo: Add this to 3 Elephants, 1 Camel and 1 Gorilla who all died there in the past year!
- Chemicals pose growing risk to sea life *PIC*
- I went by the Vancouver SPCA today, and Jiji is still there
- CTV: April 22/05: SPCA seizes Jiji *LINK* *PIC*
- Jiji's owners could claim that the seizure was illegal and unlawful
- Re: Jiji's owners could claim that the seizure was illegal and unlawful
- "Jiji" could open the Pandora's Box of the ethics of owning other species
- BC SPCA Seeks Public's Help After Dog Shot in Vancouver
- SPCA Seeks Help in Identifying Owner of Neglected Dog
- U.S. market chain wants salmon farm changes
- SPCA "approves" of "Pure Bred" rescue groups
- According to the BC SPCA
- Re: SPCA "approves" of "Pure Bred" rescue groups
- You're not bad, but are you elitist?
- Re: SPCA "approves" of "Pure Bred" rescue groups
- ADMIN! This subject has generated a lot of heat from some of the SPCA's listed partners
- It turned out the dog wasn’t pure so they wouldn’t help it
- Big Heart works with breed specific rescue organizations
- Three years later: is the SPCA still selling sick animals?
- Rotten teeth
- Better to be sold sick than the SPCA's other way of dealing with sick animals
- Alfie's and Willy's Song of Freedom and Love *LINK* *PIC*
- You made us all cry
- One at a time, you save as many as you can
- I wish so many others were as lucky
- Beach Donkeys given charter of rights
- URGENT! TLC Pet Adoptions must find a new shelter. Can you help?
- Stray, nursing dog rescues abandoned baby in Kenya
- SPCA pulls out the stops to retain Surrey Dog Control/Disposal contract
- The Community Consultation Report: The only time the SPCA got it right - still being ignored
- Stategic Plan 2002-2006: Money is the reason to keep those dog and cat disposal contracts
- We're going to build a state-of-the-art "shelter" in Surrey - we promise!
- No shame! Who is it the SPCA is describing here?
- Remember the Surrey Six? Is this the kind of poundkeeper the City of Surrey wants to renew its contract with?
- My dog made it out of Surrey just in time last year
- Re: My dog made it out of Surrey just in time last year - putting an end to the speculation
- Cameroon vs. South Africa in the Battle of the Gorillas
- In Memory of "Stella" *LINK* *PIC*
- Eco-tour operators launch protest against bear hunting
- Politics and pressure from the aquaculture industry play a major part in provincial government decisions on salmon farming
- Fisheries minister rejects opposition claims about withholding report on fish farms
- Ottawa accused of fish farm bias
- US Grocery chain targets BC Aquaculture Practices
- Diane Whipple killing: Court revives dog-mauling murder conviction
- Two liberal San Francisco attorneys got involved in the Aryan Brotherhood *LINK*
- In the spirit of Mother's Day -we have not been able to think of any way to connect this to animal welfare so to hell with it, we're posting it anyway
- You forgot to include how she taught us about SAFETY
- A Kingdom for a Horse
- And then there's 4H
- Also in the picture looking on proudly, is the butcher that just bought her piggy
- Forgotten Felines so bullied by the SPCA that it has to make adoptions away from its shelter
- Letter to GM of Cruelty Investigations: To protect adopters you should really consider testing your animals like Ms March does
- Pet Vaccines Class Action LAWSUIT
- Feds probe Lincoln Park Zoo after death of camel (and 3 elephants in 6 months!)
- "37 elephants have died in captivity in the United States since 2000"
- Elephants start dying when the gates close
- Philadelphia Zoo Considers $20 million Upgrade to Elephant Habitat
- Zoo plans to study elephant well-being
- Plan to test Taser on pigs shocks dead man's sister
- To find out more, read "Blood Relations: animals, humans, and politics", by Charlotte Montgomery
- ONCE AGAIN ANIMALS PAY FOR HUMAN VICES
- Bear lovers are worried the Liberals' campaign promise for a bear sanctuary on the North Shore could turn into a glorified zoo
- We'll know after the election
- Ontario SPCA seizes and kills Arko: Crown drops charges BEFORE THE DEFENCE CAN BE HEARD!
- OSPCA media release quotes increase in cruelty and need for money
- Good news! The SPCA doesn't believe in drowning pest animals anymore
- "Fill up your bathtub, and lower the cage into it, that's what we would do."
- Rodeo demos
- Animal cruelty charges against pet store owner
- Store owner puzzled by no standards to go by
- I witnessed a very sick sheltie puppy there a year ago
- What, if any, complaints has the SPCA ever made to PIJAC about the way pet stores keep animals for sale?
- HELLO? It took them 5 years to respond?
- This pet store owner also had a large backyard breeding operation: It's not that we're not pleased that at last the SPCA is doing something *LINK* *PIC*
- It is the ruthless, self-serving way the SPCA is 'doing something' that is disturbing, even frightening *LINK* *PIC*
- I can tell you that the main cause of homeless animals is the selling of pets through stores
- SPCA press release: charges will be laid
- Until it becomes illegal to sell live animals in Pet Stores things will not change
- Dissapointed new reader
- How could one possibly misinterpret this statement: "Can you meet his or hers Physical, Emotional + Social needs? (Fenced yard or Dog Run)"
- Williams Lake SPCA web page *PIC*
- Please tell us in detail about the "good stuff" it does
- Re: Please tell us in detail about the "good stuff" it does *LINK*
- Your Williams Lake SPCA sold Erin, unspayed, who had pups and then was brought back to be sold again *PIC*
- Thanks to the SPCA's critics, some improvements have been made:"I'd even clean the tavern toilets for money before I'd accept a job that requires...
- then you'de know what's really going on!
- The SPCA is not a retail buisness... or is it?
- There is no point in me replying to this
- This employee is a symptom of SPCA malaise
- I have spoken with or attempted to speak with SPCA CAC members, branch staff, branch managers, Head Office staff, Directors, and the President of the BCSPCA
- What does Animal Advocates do?
- I wouldn't leave my home and leave my children outdoors in the most securely fenced area
- I continue to not "get it" when people say leaving a dog in a yard all day is a not a bad thing
- How could the SPCA not figure out this basic, basic stuff?
- And just what does AAS have against people who kill dogs for a living anyway?
- I saw dogs tied out in the heat, no water, tangled in tethers at the Williams Lake SPCA
- I received an answer from Bob Busch Operations Manager (in charge of the branches)
- So, Mr. Busch says the Williams Lake SPCA doesn't condone outside dogs... *LINK*
- Stupid e-mail disclaimers?
- Re: your comment about tests to decide which dogs are to die!
- Those tests that "we" hate so much meant a death sentence for two puppymill dogs in May, 2003 *PIC*
- No one would listen so I posted publicly on AAS. Voila...the SPCA listened *PIC*
- Wild horses reported shot dead
- Another US zoo elephant is dead, after being transported to new home
- Dog and Cat Haiku
- Newsday: Paul Vitello: Many animals have emotions, social bonds and family bonds
- The mission of Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy *LINK*
- What a way for the SPCA to celebrate the first day of Be Kind To Animals Month!
- I hope a full investigation is launched into this incident and action is taken
- CTV: April 22/05: SPCA seizes Jiji *PIC*
- SPCA dodges by saying there was a "language barrier"problem *PIC*
- More bilge...
- Why can't the SPCA get a simple thing right?
- SPCA ignores another pup-in-the-box "We do know that it wasn't the last time in the torture box"
- This is not the first case like this
- So...why DID the SPCA seize Jiji? *NM*
- Proposed Massachusetts Bill 1840 would stop the use of many large animals in shows and circuses
- Judge does not believe SPCA in van Dongen Petition for judicial review: the seizure was unlawful *LINK*
- A picture of Tinker at three weeks with her dam. *PIC*
- Tinker after being held by the SPCA for three months *LINK* *PIC*
- SPCA drags horses into filthy trailer *LINK* *PIC*
- John van Dongen shows hazardous interior of horse trailer *NM* *LINK* *PIC*
- Abbotsford News: "I told you this was haywire," said van Dongen
- Cattle seized from 'Mother Teresa' of animals, veterinarian says
- Abbotsford Times: Vet sues SPCA, backs van Dongen
- Abusive partners often threaten pets
- I was very surprised as the SPCA got a lot of mileage out of this through a public launch of a joint program with the BC Yukon Transition House Society in 2003 *LINK*
- Re: Abusive partners often threaten pets
- VIDEO: Backyard Breeding of Protection Dogs *LINK*
- The SPCA, Petcetera, and rabbits
- His name is George *LINK* *PIC*
- Pleas for help to Vancouver Rabbit Rescue
- Letter to Dan Urbani, President, Petcetera *LINK* *PIC*
- SPCA rabbits for sale at Petcetera *LINK* *PIC*
- Petcetera should not be telling their customers only what they want to hear in order to make a sale
- After several years of isolation Brutus panicked and lashed out at me, the person who was trying to help him *LINK*
- Vancouver Sun: Mauled girl's face shredded
- Burnaby Now: Activists aim at puppy sales
- The Province: New group hires ex-SPCA staff
- Delta Optomist: Muir, a Delta SPCA animal control officer, endured four surgeries
- We, as a species have no right to be using any other species to do our dirty work for us
- Alberni Valley Times: OWNER EXPECTED TO FINANCE DOG'S CARE
- I constantly see idiot dog owners, looking for muzzles for the wrong reasons *LINK* *PIC*
- Australia announces wild camel cull
- Nancy Mason of Mercy Volunteers was stopped
- Whistle while you work
- I don't want to be in my grave too, before we see any meaningful changes for the cats in B.C.
- Kelowna Capital News" Dog adopter gets more than he bargained for with pups
- SPCA says it offered help to dog's owner
- That's not what Neil Strand says
- The SPCA mentality - epitomized by "Meener"
- Grey Whale beaches itself in Tsawwassen *PIC*
- It was bare, brutal, bald animal population control - not animal welfare
- Twenty years ago I found out what kind of people the SPCA hired
- Some improvements
- The only thing that has caused any improvement in the SPCA is loud and strong criticism
- Lawyers, courts, critics, and MLA's are not going to let the SPCA get away with its abuses of statutory power for much longer
- Sixteen healthy, valuable animals were seized by the SPCA
- Feral Cat Welfare: Happy Cat Haven: 23 cats in 48 hours
- A question of public enthusiasm: Is there support for a Yard Dog ban?
- I lived with a dog who spent the first 4 years of her life isolated in a backyard
- Two years later it still makes me sad to think of him on that day
- Turin Italy: Dogs must be walked three times a day
- Inquiring Minds Want to Know Whose money is Being Used to Sue AAS
- Kind generous people who donate monies to aid the animals shouldn't have it used for a law suit
- Ontario court ruling means owners can claim lost pets even after sold to new owner
- The SPCA has laid charges against William Pieper
- False charges have been laid in many cases
- Richmond: Pup found living in sealed box
- CTV: Four-month old Jiji looks happy now *PIC*
- How Multi-Cultural is the SPCA?
- Charlie Leung has worked for the SPCA for years: Cultural cruelty is being hushed up *LINK*
- Yes, there IS dog eating going on here *LINK* *PIC*
- AAS has rescued puppies that are destined for the table
- A question of public enthusiasm
- Last minute fundraiser for AAS!
- Bella Bella Sterilization Program *LINK*
- Here is how the second hand pet business works
- Paying natives to monitor Luna is a 'ripoff'
- NEW YORK Police look to monkeys for special ops
- Cruel prong collars and Ben *LINK* *PIC*
- Re: Cruel prong collars and Ben *LINK* *PIC*
- I constantly see idiot dog owners, looking for muzzles for the wrong reasons
- Who needs a lawyer when the SPCA is doing the job itself?
- The need to review the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
- Horse seizure ruled unlawful
- SPCA's seizure of horses was illegal *LINK* *PIC*
- "Illegal" "Unlawful" Just what AAS is being sued for saying, beginning in April 2003 *LINK* *PIC*
- Re: "Illegal" "Unlawful" Just what AAS is being sued for saying, beginning in April 2003
- "I find a great deal that is troubling with respect to (the SPCA's) conduct," Judge Ross stated.
- Big Heart Rescue Fundraiser *PIC*
- Houston Zoo Euthanizes Baby Elephant "Bella"
- Langley Times: New breeds of aggressors
- SPUFH
- You Forgot the Part About...
- A touching story about Mary and Lucky
- I would like to know more about the BC SPCA Food Labelling program
- Judge does not believe SPCA in van Dongen Petition for judicial review: the seizure was unlawful *LINK*
- Judge found that SPCA testimony not credible
- Hamilton Spectator: SPCA uses seizures as "fundraisers" and other serious charges levelled by judge
- Gag orders: No Press Release: Dead animals: the Wes Norman Interview *LINK* *PIC*
- All the posts on the secret Pit bull seizure, gag, orders, photos.... *LINK*
- Re: Judge does not believe SPCA in van Dongen Petition for judicial review: the seizure was unlawful
- Courier: Animal activists out of line, says pound canine supervisor *LINK*
- Roslyn Cassells corrects several of the inaccuracies
- Please consider legislation to ban guard dogs in Vancouver
- Councillor Tim Louis replies
- AAS's solution is easily enforced and proven in court
- Mair: Salmon a Huge Election Issue
- Who is left to speak for Island's ancient forests? *PIC*
- A quiet foster or permanent home is needed for Bingo *PIC*
- Guard Dogs - A Call to Action
- About Lambs and Loaded Guns *PIC*
- After several years of isolation Brutus panicked and lashed out at me, the person who was trying to help him
- Her name was Sassy
- Fishing imperils Galapagos
- A proposed policy on animal dissection in the classroom is not supported by The Vancouver Secondary Teachers Association
- TAKE ACTION! Write to them....
- Dissection policy raises concern about resources
- Wal-Mart to help wildlife
- The beef industry has... *LINK* *PIC*
- Euthanasia is..
- When is crating acceptable? *LINK*
- When is it acceptable to leave a dog outside? *PIC*
- Re: When is it acceptable to leave a dog outside? *LINK* *PIC*
- Don't Feed Flipper *PIC*
- It's also meant to avert your attention away from the massacre
- Re: Don't Feed Flipper
- Please take pity on some of AAS's "hard to rehome" dogs *LINK*
- PRESS RELEASE: Vancouver Pound - Killing Healthy Animals at a No-Kill Public Facility
- I was a phone witness to this incident
- Vancouver Pound employee, Katie Ernst, is the proprietor of a Pit bull "rescue" organization named HugABull *LINK*
- VCP Research Project: June 2004: Inter-dog Aggression in Animal Shelters
- Ltr to Dr David Fraser: this thesis proposal on a rehabilitation programme for dogs is problematic
- June 11/04: Letter to Vancouver Director of Licenses and to the Manager of the Pound re ethical concerns around the research project
- VCP Web site calls itself No-kill
- Any pound that attempts to re-image itself through P.R. is going to face this
- To expect a pound not to have public safety as its primary mandate is nonsensical
- No pound can call honestly call itself a shelter until it does at least these 6 things
- I am looking for explanations....I pay my taxes
- I'm sickened from reading about this!
- Even pound employees are forced to steal dogs by the indifference of the City and the SPCA
- Write Mayor Campbell and Council - we did
- Seen
- Judge cites SPCA conflict in seizure of 10 horses: one SPCA member testified the incident was used to garner more donations *LINK*
- They're here and more are coming. Presa canarios and other dogs bred to kill:VIDEO *LINK* *PIC*
- The death of Diane Whipple *LINK* *PIC*
- Will the SPCA remain carefully silent about these fighting/protection breeds as it has remained silent about any issue that might upset donators *LINK*
- The SPCA should expand their Policy #37
- ANIMAL PEOPLE PUBLISHER Kim Bartlett asks, why Pit bull lovers, who know how many are abused and killed, want more to be bred
- This poor creature
- Links to statistics, breeders and sellers in BC, video *LINK*
- AAS's position
- Iditarod musher fined
- Boating season renews concerns about Luna *LINK*
- Seal Hunt: Sign the U.S. Humane Society pledge to not buy Canadian Sea Food products *LINK*
- Barney was a beaten yard dog just four years ago *PIC*
- North Van's new rules to drive out dog walkers
- Dog-walking companies get a little more leash
- 500 eagles feared killed in trafficking ring
- Bald eagle-parts trafficking suspect urged to surrender
- Do emails addressed to the Board of the BC SPCA actually get to all the members?
- Letters addressed to all the Members of the Board may very well never reach them
- This is the very reason that some Members of the Board of the BC SPCA have resigned
- I recommend that the Directors get independent legal advice as I did
- To the BC SPCA Board of Directors: Re: Surrey SPCA --Killing Rabbits for Space
- Question to the BC SPCA Board: how can the SPCA claim to be concerned with the welfare of rabbits when it has a business relationship with Petcetera?
- I am once again urging you to address the plight of rabbits
- Citizens ARE concerned about the fate of rabbits at the BC SPCA
- Ontario Pit bull regulation law to go into effect August 29, 2005
- Buried Treasure from 2001: I can't alter the web site until I have proof that its allegations are no longer true
- Buried Treasure from 2001: The "science" of SPCA statistics: Here a figure - there a figure - everywhere funny figures *PIC*
- When the President of the Vancouver SPCA signed this...
- More stats: At a council meeting in North Vancouver City, Brian Nelson said...
- More stats: Sunshine Coast 19% of cats are claimed *LINK*
- "Sick" is a reason to kill? That's sick!
- Buried Treasure from 2001: What came of this discussion between the SPCA and MAFF?
- Shots fired after push comes to shove on the ice *PIC*
- SPCA "annual" free spay/neuter feral cat clinc
- Re: SPCA "annual" free spay/neuter feral cat clinc
- BC SPCA President of the Board, does damage control *LINK*
- This is kind of sad. It points out the lack of imagination at the very top of the BC SPCA
- Another one - long on sputtering - short on facts
- Re: Another one - long on sputtering - short on facts
- Let me point out some of your "inaccurate" statements Ms Troman
- The BC SPCA has no real answer to its critics
- Great PR job to promote the SPCA
- to be fair....
- Keeping company with Brian Nelson
- Ahhh..but what Brian Nelson has on the SPCA could finish it completely
- Ex-Vernon SPCA Director asks the President for some straight answers
- Which is it? Troman's double-talk
- Just throwing out an idea for you and the Board to toss around Mary Lou...
- Another one bites the dust: SPCA pulls out of Kitimat
- The resignation of Phyllis Gregg, the BC SPCA director for Kitimat, November 2004
- If the branch is not paid for by taxpayers, the SPCA pulls out: We wish Phyllis Gregg and her volunteers the best *LINK* *PIC*
- Bad P.R. of the SPCA's own making is the pattern: Approval of dogs going to UBC research and the Electrothanator *LINK* *PIC*
- AAS has never wanted the SPCA to fracture this way
- AAS trusted and defended Craig Daniell until the Graham seizure *LINK* *PIC*
- Valerius Geist, PhD., P. Biol.Letter to the Attorney General: I have grave concerns pertaining to the administration of justice
- In 1994 some members of the BC legislature warned of this very evil
- Deputy Minister, Agriculture, Food and Fisheries responds to Dr Geist's letter
- The kiss *PIC*
- "Give us back our horses": the case that is going to put paid to the SPCA's abuse of power and animals, and use of ignorant bullies *PIC*
- And after the SPCA had the horses for 77 days in its "care" *PIC*
- A Tale of Two Kitties- it was the best of times and the worst of times!
- Seismic testing threatens marine life
- Rough times for SPCA
- SPCA Speaking for Animals - Which animals?
- What are the SPCA's "euthanasia" stats for rabbits and all the other unnoticed little "pets"?
- I hope for the sake of the animals that the SPCA has changed in the last few years
- Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind's made up
- You're missing the purpose of the test
- It is you who has missed the point
- Dogs need a better test then a stranger wanting to see their aggression
- Critics are short on solutions?
- Critics ARE proposing viable solutions to the BC SPCA !
- I believe that by aligning oneself with such a business the BC SPCA is somewhat culpable
- The SPCA took our old cat without our knowing and killed him
- We will continue to point out its mistakes, lawsuit or not
- I guess Mr Daniell missed the many solutions offered by his critics, so here are a few...
- Does this mean the B.C. SPCA's Community Consultation was a waste of time and money?
- Questions and Answers re: dog welfare/control in the UK
- I could argue that you are the SPCA’s best friend
- Get a pup...dump a cat... *PIC*
- What was the lesson taught and learned?
- Re: What was the lesson taught and learned?
- Re: What was the lesson taught and learned?
- I know this is a tough debate
- And now the only SPCA that would do the right thing is gone
- The Delta SPCA was the jewel in the SPCA's tarnished crown
- ANIMALS AND PEOPLE
- Barb Fellnermayr's letter to the Bby Now hits the nail on the head!
- The SPCA's new Humane Education: teaching kids that leaving a dog in a yard is okay *LINK*
- Series of cruelty to rabbits at University of Victoria
- Write a letter to the Times Colonist
- Re: Trio seen hanging dead rabbit outside UVic health-food eatery
- The U Vic student newspaper had ran a previous story titled "Bunnies for Dinner"
- A moronic trio of thugs decides to cause unnecessary suffering and death to a defenseless creature
- As a mother I am absolutely horrified by the lack of empathy shown
- Do they? Don't They? Foster pets for victims of violence
- Bio: Helen Hughes, defendant and founder of the internationally acclaimed Windor House School *LINK*
- Bio: Lori Cumiskey, defendant, teacher and ex-SPCA volunteer
- Bio: Emma Vandewetering, defendant, self-employed, homemaker
- Bio: Barry Faires, defendant and Master of Divinity
- Bio: Gail Moerkerken, defendant and Registered Rehabilitation Professional...
- Bio: Jennifer Dickson, defendant and Vet Tech and cat and dog rescuer
- Bio: Benjamin Middleton, defendant and AAS Director who has never posted
- Today, millions of animals will be killed, most of them for meat eaters *LINK*
- Will you celebrating Easter over the body of a dead animal? The Christian Argument for Vegetarianism *LINK*
- Plutrach and Cardinal John Henry Newman
- Make that "billions" of animals a day
- There is only one little step from killing animals to creating gas chambers
- The step is tiny indeed
- Please go and get a (fair trade) chocolate bunny instead!
- How can I celebrate life, while consuming a dead body?
- "Little Bugger" update *PIC*
- Backgound story: Posted by Jennifer Dickson: November 15/04 *PIC*
- Monty's video *LINK*
- And our favourite - Does the SPCA say that snake charming is science?
- Vancouver and Burnaby SPCA manager Mark Takhar says all has changed
- Recalling all this is not malice as the SPCA might claim - there is a purpose
- The only time we saw the SPCA act principled...
- We take exception...
- We take exception... Almost a year after the atrocities at the Burnaby SPCA
- Why I only volunteered for a few weeks at the Burnaby SPCA
- Tinkerbelle the Elephant dies after only 4 months in a US Sanctuary *PIC*
- More money wasted: The Nanaimo property
- My letter re the barn to John van der Hoeven of the BC SPCA
- BC SPCA Planned Gifts Policy October 2004
- "where it is needed most"
- I can tell you where a lot of that legacy money is being spent
- Excerpt August 14, 2001 letter from B.C. SPCA President Michael Steven to branch directors
- We shall therefore make changes to our will for the benefit of some other animal welfare organization
- Interesting...what did AAS have to do with this loss to the SPCA of a large estate?
- My husband and I considered the SPCA pet plan
- I know Robert Brodgesell. He spent untold hours at the SPCA on Saltspring
- Burnaby Now: SPCA under attack: Donna Liberson is angry
- Liberson's press release
- The Sun: Liberson left with more questions than answers
- Brigitta MacMillan's letter to the Burnaby Now
- Who took "action"?
- Long-time Burnaby SPCA volunteer, Lisa Hutcheon, emails her account of Burnaby SPCA cruelty to Craig Daniell *LINK* *PIC*
- SPCA employee Annie Swift re how Craig Daniell tried to hide this incident
- I complained about the SPCA to the SPCA and to others *PIC*
- letter to the Burnaby Now editor
- Agriculture minister's uncle slams SPCA: Humane society accused of Gestapo tactics
- 1994: PCA Act debate raised many red flags
- AAS and others have raised all these concerns
- The new group
- Focus On The SPCA (FOTS)
- Indeed the dire predictions have come true
- In my opinion, the SPCA definitely is presently the best vehicle to care for the welfare of animals
- Penny March on Gabereau on Friday
- Georgia Straight, March 29/01: "Pay range revealed"
- Front page of the Sun: May 15/01 "SPCA chief faces probe: At issue: his $181,766 salary
- Purchased on Impulse
- Horse, two women attacked by pit bull: "I can't understand why people would have an animal like that"
- Pathetic Response by Langley authorities!
- The SPCA's "Biscuit Fund" picking and choosing who to help, who not to
- The SPCA practices Machiavellian "triage" with the helpless animals in its "care" *LINK* *PIC*
- The only difference I can see is that someone outside our community has full control over the decision making process AND the money
- Killing Caribou for the sake of oil
- Why would the BC SPCA alienate the Youth of Today?
- We have to agree...but...
- Judith's story on a Shanghai website
- Reading through hundreds of documents in preparation for the mediation the SPCA is forcing us to, instead of letting us have our day in court to...
- Abandoned in life . . . . and in death, by the BC SPCA *LINK*
- Not a chance this could be called ANIMAL WELFARE
- What they value first and foremost is business, and what a sad truth it is
- Re: Abandoned in life . . . . and in death, by the BC SPCA
- Medicine Hat Mall Tiger Exploitation *LINK* *PIC*
- Ask Medicine Hat council to adopt the District of North Vancouver bylaw
- Is it still SPCA policy that all dogs in BC be purebred?
- During my tenure on the Board of Directors of the BC SPCA
- Re: Is it still SPCA policy that all dogs in BC be purebred?
- Dead dogs walking
- What didn't make it into the article
- You forgot...
- Wither the SPCA?
- Watching for signs of real reform by the BC SPCA is like watching paint dry
- I am also waiting for the SPCA to push for laws around breeding dogs
- Quick SPCA! Grab bats!
- Oh...too late, but maybe worms are still available *LINK*
- The sugar glider
- November 4, 1997: Nicholas Read: SPCA wrong to associate with new pet store
- November 18, 1997: Nicholas Read: Petcetera stocks wild-caught animals; it said it wouldn't. Shame on the SPCA for its affiliation with this firm
- November 25, 1997: Nicholas Read:The Vancouver SPCA and Petcetera have agreed that exotic animals will no longer be sold
- Re: November 3, 1998: Nicholas Read: Pet shop will take exotic animals off sales list
- Thank you Shirley Henderson
- An animal in a cage is not a pet - it's a prisoner
- SPCA: "Once again the BC SPCA is urging the public to refrain from buying rabbits..." yet they partner with a business that is doing just the opposite
- The SPCA talks out of both sides of its mouth
- ANIMAL WELFARE from a Pet Store
- You forgot Pet Rocks *NM*
- Seriously... has the SPCA improved at all?
- Same old same old...Still a long way to go...
- Under the radar: Is the SPCA doing more for Vancouver's yard dogs?
- Couldn't trust the SPCA's figures then - can't now
- The telephone pole game *PIC*
- If there is a thing such as happiness for animals, this is probably as close as it gets *PIC*
- Volunteers needed to protect Orcas
- Capital Region Pound: Reprieve for local dog, owner
- I would like to see the Committee of Management Meeting Minutes from January 2000 to November 2001
- Who makes the decision at pounds and SPCA's as to which dogs get killed?
- We answer: to expect a pound not to have public safety as its primary mandate is nonsensical
- We do expect a pound not to lie and call itself a shelter however...
- Ian McTaggart-Cowan: Still fighting for ecology
- SPCA and killing for space. No wonder no one can trust the SPCA
- Maple Ridge SPCA letter re the killing of a dog NOT for space
- SPCA Policy statements conflict
- SPCA seizes for cruelty to Guinea pigs
- BC SPCA pleased with 10-year ban for Texada resident
- The SPCA sanctimoniously says it does not judge dogs based on breed. But it would kill wolf hybrids, no judging at all
- The reason we raise this issue is because we got a phone call..
- Wolf crosses are a good analogy for pit bulls
- One more thing that still hasn't changed: The trigger-happy SPCA *LINK* *PIC*
- Spiritbear: Down to the wire *LINK* *PIC*
- Rabbit rescuer Carmina Gooch questions the sincerity of SPCA/Petcetera relationship to really help rabbits *LINK*
- Cover letter from ex-Vancouver SPCA Director, Clint Davy, to all the Electrothanator and Vivisection Committes
- Help Hollywood celebrities end sickening seal hunt
- WORLDWIDE DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST THE CANADIAN SEAL SLAUGHTER
- Canada's seal hunt draws protests and boycotts
- "This is part of our culture,"
- Jessie Mike is right, cruelty to animals is part of Native culture
- 1998 letter from Scott and Natasha Baker: Still relevant because not enough has changed
- The Vancouver SPCA has completely failed in this regard by: 1. Not providing any form of useful public education
- 2. Presenting a bad example when dealing with shelter animals
- 3. Practicing unnecessary euthanasia