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Animal Advocates Watchdog

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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
A more careful reading of our notes to conversations with Natasha
4. Not providing enough kennels despite the space to do so
5. Not providing young animals with sufficient stimuli
6. Inadequate screening of potential adoptees
7. Being too rigid with respect to enforcing adoption hours
8. Not showing or adopting sick animals
9. No adoption councillor for the dogs
10. The wanton separation of an animal from its personal belongings
11. Insufficient effort to promote the adoption of shelter animals
12. Not suggesting alternatives to the surrender of animals
13. Poor and sometimes cruel displays of animals
14. The complete lack of training of volunteers
15. The complete lack of benefits to the volunteers
16. The complete lack of and adequate job description for volunteers
17. Lack of any hierarchy or chain of command
18. Lack of respect and trust by the staff
19. General lack of manners
20. No attempt to show compassion
21. Lack of a adequate communications channels
22. Lack of follow-up on adoptions
23. Not allowing for the pick-up of a lost cat after visiting hours
24. Misuse of donated funds
25. Inadequate seclusion of “stray” animals
From my time volunteering at the Burnaby SPCA, I came to these conclusions as well
We welcome comment from the SPCA
From the Prince George Free Press
Natasha is just one of hundreds: Brigitta MacMillan also tried to make the SPCA change, with no luck *PIC*
So too did Christine W.
So did Laura Dean
Another letter from Laura Dean
What has changed since November 2001? If I find out that anymore animals have been euthanized, I will go to the media
The organization of as large a scale as the SPCA needs critics and scrutinizing

To be absolutely clear, I am NOT hell-bent on destroying the SPCA
I asked first and foremost for honesty and what did the SPCA do?

2003: The first audited statement in 109 years
The SPCA finally defused this ugly, looming, P.R. disaster
Audited schmaudited...

The Iditarod is a barbaric race that deserves condemnation, not support
Elephant Deaths Spur New Debate Over U.S. Zoos
The SPCA claims to put all dogs through its highly scientific test, so what happened in Trail?
Owner of dog attacked in park wants other owners to be responsible
Why do nice people want big protection dogs for pets? *LINK* *PIC*
One such as myself...I am an educated, professional woman in my 40's with two teenage children
Jacqueline is typical of many Rottie owners, a nice, intelligent person
I am aware of how many Rottweilers live in misery
But there are few good, dedicated dog owners for even the small, white fluffy dogs
What AAS would do is make it illegal to breed these sad dogs in the first place
The SPCA plays to the cheap seats when it sanctimoniously says that it does not make distinctions based on breed...
We just got another phone call

Greater Victoria Animal Crusaders new web site *NM* *LINK*
So now the destruction stat for Prince George is 51%
Does the SPCA just pull its stats out of a hat?
What kind of people does the SPCA hire to kill an admitted twenty-three hundred...

SPCA Signs Agreement with BC Cattlemen
Re: SPCA Signs Agreement with BC Cattlemen
In 1995 W.F.I.D.O. failed to get any interest from the SPCA for puppy-selling standards
The Sun: Nicholas Read: 1994: Where are the puppymill standards?
This is a wealthy, powerful group with lawyers and government lobbyists
B.C. Dog Breeders Association has had no success in working with the SPCA to draft standards
I wish the BCCA well, but I also warn them to beware of the fox

SPCA raids Big Dog Rescue
The seizure was December 20th and the press release was today?
This raiding has got to stop
The SPCA turns on its old partners
But they still seem to be in business
Were these the senior dogs in "sanctuary"? *LINK*
Wow! Quite the spread! *LINK* *PIC*

The Plight of Caged Birds *LINK*
Upcoming BC Training for Noah's Wish *LINK*
Found from 1984: After several years of refusing to stop electrocuting dogs...
Correction: It would have cost the SPCA 70 cents to have a vet humanely kill
And this is an organization about animal welfare?

Welcome news: SPCA Pet Store Campaign Under Way
Is this a case of "do as we say, but not as we do"?
Will the SPCA "educate" Petcetera?
Clerks and management personnel were insufficiently knowledgeable as to the basic care...

Two questions: Is the SPCA no kill and what should be done with feral cats?
Effective and Compassionate Approach to Dealing with Feral Cats
more feral cat information *NM* *LINK*
Only a nincompoop would believe that the SPCA does not kill
The SPCA has never said it is no-kill...

Drunken teens beat two rabbits to death
Nothing, absolutely nothing, makes this kind of a crime acceptable
"By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight..."
should we really be so surprised? *LINK*
Re: should we really be so surprised?

Urgent: Korean dogs and cats need your help
Korean government makes move to legitimise dog meat trade

Cache Creek area resident receives ban on owning livestock
An interview with Scott Kelley
This is one more case of the SPCA flouting the law so egregiously that it almost defies belief
Charges Laid Against Chilliwack Residents after SPCA Investigation
Marcie Ryan certainly had it coming to her, but....

RCMP/SPCA some interesting comparisons
The head of the RCMP public complaints commission
This is contrary to the rule of law and to the basic values of a democracy
Rubin Carter and the SPCA

Councillor upset over Coquitlam beaver kill
The SPCA seems hell bent on destroying itself and that would be tragic for animals in BC
Let them collapse, as they will, if they continue as they do now

Inuit seek probe into 50-year-old dog slaughter
Committee calls for probe of Artic sled-dog slaughter

Battle over custody of dog
Letters...we get letters...
AAS still gets reports of chained dogs that the SPCA will not seize *PIC*
Mr Daniell has not hesitated to seize thousands of puppymill dogs and cattle *PIC*
SECRET SEIZURES: This case will be brought to the attention of government *LINK* *PIC*

Langley Councillor proposes $100,000 vicious-dog fine
Bear killer gets jail time
Who OK'd killing of golden eagles? *LINK* *PIC*
It appears that it was the BC government that authorized the killing of the eagles

Voice of Bambi refused to kill animals
The steps taken by the BCSPCA throughout this drama seem bizarre to me *LINK* *PIC*
Chevy's Happy Ending *LINK* *PIC*
Chimpanzees maul former chimp owner *LINK*
Me Frodo, you Jane

Buzz's Happy Ending *LINK* *PIC*
New debate over zoos prompted by 4 elephants' deaths this past year
His agony was so palpable to me as he paced back and forth
At the moment I started taking action, I stopped crying
Images have motivated me to to persevere

Readers Digest: Interview with Dr Stanley Coren
Wildlife protection system 'broken'
North Shore Outlook: North Vancouver society rescues dog *LINK* *PIC*
Teenage Girl charged in pit-bull attack *LINK* *PIC*
The Coquitlam Animal Shelter: Showing the SPCA how its supposed to be done
Animal welfare group stretched to its limits *LINK* *PIC*
Barbarism with a smiley face *LINK*
Charles Danten is Always a Good Read, Albeit a Soberingly Good Read
Was Hitler profoundly human?
Bottom line for me is that there is no need to eat animals
Re: Bottom line for me is that there is no need to eat animals
I would go a little further though
Re: I would go a little further though

Petition to end cruel horse slaughter *LINK*
Equus sanctuary in Ravensdale California is non- adoptive *LINK*

Ban insurance companies from DISCRIMINATING BASED ON BREED OF DOG
This is what you are defending *PIC*
I'm with Judy Stone on this
Bill SB 346 is anti-dog, anti-child, anti-social, and ultimately downright inhumane and irresponsible
ANIMAL PEOPLE NEWS: Bring breeders of high-risk dogs to heel
ANIMAL PEOPLE NEWS: Serial & rampage dog attack data
Self-serving SPCA, trainers, behaviourists, and politicians
Merritt Clifton: lab animals kept in better conditions than most "shelters" do
Ontario adopts breed ban legislation
Ontario legislation in brief
Proof is in the pudding for new pit bull ban
Ruby vows to defend pit bulls
Clayton Ruby is a rube
The argument regarding educating owners
Re: The argument regarding educating owners

Turkey hunting in BC
Do SPCA employees hunt?
Wild turkey hunt would be a feast for B.C.
The reason I abhor hunters even more than factory-farmers
Greed always seems to win out and I'm sick of it
Re: Greed always seems to win out and I'm sick of it

9 year old boy killed learning to ride a steer
PAW PRINTS - THE NEWSLETTER OF THE VERNON & DISTRICT ANIMAL CARE SOCIETY
This is TRUE animal welfare
Re: This is TRUE animal welfare
Re: PAW PRINTS - THE NEWSLETTER OF THE VERNON & DISTRICT ANIMAL CARE SOCIETY
Thank you, everyone - you too can lead by example

Das Tierheim Animal Shelter in Berlin *LINK* *PIC*
All shelter workers have to go to school for three years *LINK*
Animal Welfare Certificate Program: is this course required for SPCA employees? *LINK*
The answer is No
What training do SPCA Special Provincial Constables have?
Re: What training do SPCA Special Provincial Constables have?
SPCA - animal welfarists or crime busters?

Human activity slowing Banff grizzly reproduction
Canadian Seal Hunt Demo
Plan to Make L.A. Animal Friendly
AAS comments - point by point *PIC*
What Times Are These When an American Politician Shows More Compassion Than the BCSPCA?

BCVMA also secretive
Misty - her rescue story - Part 1
Misty - her rescue story - Part 2
Please be generous to Misty and all the dogs that AAS saves *LINK*
Misty: Progress report

Urgent: speak against Canada's cruel and senseless baby seal hunt!
Tales from the crypt...
Pre-Community Consultation Report: SPCA kills pregnant stray cat
Pre-Community Consultation Report: SPCA would rather kill a cat than let it go to donator who just gave the SPCA $420.00
And during all this time the SPCA sold intact dogs and cats
Pre-Community Consultation Report: Roady
Pre-Community Consultation: An ex-employee
There are hundreds more stories...
Pre-Community Consultation Report: SPCA clinic employee tells all
Post-Community Consultation Report: The story of Winston, the back alley cat, and my "cat fight" with the BC SPCA
Post-Community Consultation Report: Kittens will be left to die overnight
BC SPCA announces plans for low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Prince George
We can only see this as a step toward real animal welfare for the whole province
Don't forget what Rick Sargent said *LINK*
The Prince George SPCA has had to put down nearly 1,500 cats so far this year
Re: We can only see this as a step toward real animal welfare for the whole province
So now the destruction stat for Prince George is 51%
Does the SPCA just pull its stats out of a hat?
And from another ex-SPCA clinic employee...

Baby's swing risks deadly dog attack
The Evidence of SPCA Apparent Lack of Integrity and Concern for Animal Welfare Mounts Daily *PIC*
Just contact Katie Ernst of Hugabully Pit bull rescue
I would like everyone to know that Vega is now safe and sound with her rescuer Steve of "Top Dog Kennels".
They are very much in a 'jail cell'

Anti-fur demo Feb 22
Fur flies as 30 protesters march outside Vancouver pelt auction

Vancouver Dog Controls bylaws: What the Province newspaper wrote
And what I told the Province that it didn't write...
Re: And what I told the Province that it didn't write...
Why weren't charges laid against the owners of the dogs that savaged Shenica White?
The "education" and make owners "behave responsibly" argument. What planet are these people on?
When will the SPCA start to lobby hard to local governments to prevent dogs like these being bred and sold?

Britons Run With the Hounds *LINK* *PIC*
The inhumanity visited on the dogs too
Why not keep the tradition and add a little twist?

Support for our campaign to fight commercial whaling
Sea Shepherd E-News: Canadian seal slaughter
The SPCA can't just be honest
Lies, Exaggerations and Half Truths

Animal rights, a new religion for the empty hearted *LINK*
Sadly, yes, all ownership of animals is about power

PG SPCA AGM
Ask them why their literature doesn't include "law suits" under the section that lists all the ways they allegedly spend donor's money
Jeannine Woodhouse, manager of the SPCA shelter in Prince George, will be leaving her position on March 10
The Jeannine that I saw
You might also ask
Ask them why

The Rescue of Little Jasmine and Big Dan *LINK*
It is disgusting to think that the SPCA was called over and over
I agree Marion...

Judy Stone on CBC 690 A.M. tomorrow morning at 7:05
SPCA cries poor while giving $30,000 in raises
Why is this information not available under the FOI act?

The cockfighting story
Don Cherry of all people got it right!
Pssst it's the LAW
Law is an ass....

SECRET SEIZURES! The SPCA seizes 28 Pit bulls *LINK* *PIC*
More photos.... *NM* *LINK*
The gag order.... *NM* *LINK*
We cannot conceive of a reason for silencing anyone who is being investigated that is in the public good
The BC SPCA uses its intimidating and unregulated powers to silence animal owners and critics
If you are concerned at the SPCA's power and lack of recourse for victims, write these Ministers:
Is this even legal?
No it's not!
I came back a few hours later with the cash and they had killed the cat!!
This is a story that AAS has heard many times for more than ten years
So you are upset about the cat. Well do something about it
Gag orders aren't recognized in court
The infamous McLibel case - 'the biggest corporate PR disaster in history'
The SPCA is not compelled to return animals, even if the SPCA's costs are paid
The steps taken by the BCSPCA throughout this drama seem bizarre to me *LINK* *PIC*

Penny March, Forgotten Felines president, to be on Animal Wellness radio show
How do you tell the difference between animal welfare and...
Shelby: This sure as hell isn't animal welfare! *PIC*
How bloody dare the SPCA say it does animal welfare!
This infuriates me

Why I don't trust the SPCA
What has changed? *LINK*

Langley Vet Sues BCSPCA for unpaid bills
The SPCA has NO SHAME! It just keeps pumping out the same old lies....

"Pit Bull Ban Not Feasible" The Province Feb 13/05
"The Morning Shriek!" *PIC*
Remember the "Little Bugger", the tiny dog the SPCA would have killed?...... *LINK* *PIC*
Totally unprofessional of the SPCA says teacher
Re: Totally unprofessional of the SPCA says teacher
Long may he rule the roost!

Stop canned hunts in the U.S. video link *LINK*
Anti-Fur demonstration on Monday, Feb 21st, 11:30, in Vancouver
Petting Zoo Closure
Best letter...
Animals are best respected and left in their natural habitat without human interference

Lota the elephant passes away at the Tennessee Sanctuary *PIC*
Please sign this petition to free the remaining Hawthorn 12 elephants *PIC*
Negotiations are underway to send the Hawthorn 12 to the Tennessee Sanctuary!!

Chance the cat gets another life (Chortyk comments) *LINK*
B.C. frogs threatened by imported fungus
PETA Founder to Speak in Vancouver
City wants to get tough with dangerous dogs
If these new laws are passed, I see these dogs suffering even more than now

Demos in the Vancouver area
Dog "Lovers"? The Pit Bull Queen - coarse and uncomprehending as all Pit Bull defenders *LINK*
It is so sad that Pit Bulls only have this type of person to defend them
This is the typical Pit bull owner
Re: Dog "Lovers"? The Pit Bull Queen - coarse and uncomprehending as all Pit Bull defenders
Pit bull defenders can't even spell the name of their breed
and AAS can't spell the name... *PIC*

Man accused of making threat against aging dog
West Hollywood May Ban Cosmetic Surgery for Pets *LINK*
Forgotten Felines Unique Program for people with HIV *PIC*
SPCA raid on Forgotten Felines *LINK*
Empty bowls, dirty litter boxes, confinement: Forgotten Feline's SPCA web page *LINK* *PIC*

Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary's Carol Buckley named "Super Heroine" *PIC*
Pit bulls crossed with Presa canario being bred and sold in the Lower Mainland *LINK*
The questionability of dogs as bodyguards or guard dogs.
Pit Bull Reporter's GUIDE TO THE FIGHTING BREEDS
We are asked - what about German shepherds, what about Rottweilers?
Six-year study finds the most commonly reported dog breeds involved were pit bulls (24 deaths)
The Cane Corso *LINK* *PIC*
The Fila Brasileiro *PIC*
The Bullmastiff *PIC*
The American Pit Bull *PIC*
The Argentine Dogo *PIC*
The Canis Panther *PIC*
The Presa Canario *PIC*
Most popular breeds in 2004
I do not want to see these dogs suffer and I do not want to see children suffer

26 mutilated bald eagle carcasses found
Big demand for eagle parts, officials say
I live on a reserve
Times Colonist Editorial
While Natives dance, dogs starve
What is the SPCA doing about cruelty to animals on reserves?
I have been told by various people with the Victoria SPCA that it would be too expensive
Shooting dogs, hanging dogs from trees, clubbing them, on the Mount Currie reserve
Fishermen discover 11 carcasses at water's edge on first nations land

SPCA Seizes Sheep in Critical Distress in Prince George
Interesting... this warrantless seizure seems justified, but there is another one...
One thing you forgot to mention

Victims of the SPCA must file a complaint with the Attorney General's and other Ministries
Crown counsel drops charges of animal cruelty against poundkeeper
The pot calling the kettle black: SPCA is one of the worst poundkeepers in BC: The death by neglect of Bojangles is just one of hundreds of examples *LINK* *PIC*
Why am I not suprised?
Who gagged Dillabough?

Misperceptions and Myths regarding Feral Cats *LINK*
Greater Victoria Animals' Crusaders assists people

Mr Daniell is wrong, AAS is not hell bent on destroying the SPCA
Lizzy escaped the SPCA's treadmill and danced her way to freedom and forever love *LINK* *PIC*
Lizzy was fostered by AAS'er Caroline, who fell in love...
Update on the dog that passed the snake-charming test

The Tyee: Banning of the Pit Bulls *LINK*
It is a perversion of love to defend the suffering that most pit bulls endure.
Controls that weren't necessary in the past, are now necessary.
It is absolutely heart wrenching watching these poor dogs in shelters
Your article is the best I have ever read on this subject
It was inherently wrong to have dogs fight animals in the first place
Working with good pitbulls makes it difficult to make me want an outright ban
Big Heart Rescue's postion
Re: Big Heart Rescue's postion
Animal fighting is against the Criminal Code and of course the SPCA can go on reserves to investigate it!
A political analyst stated that a govt only makes decisions that reach 4 yrs ahead to the next election
I've been haunted by many TV screen images of pitbulls
What is meant by the word "ban"?
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
The Pit Bull Queen shows her colours - Diane Jessop says it's all a plot! Even anti-tethering laws
Re: The Pit Bull Queen shows her colours - Diane Jessop says it's all a plot! Even anti-tethering laws
Pit Bull advocacy group condems tethering *LINK*
Bad Dogs :why some breeds of dogs are more likely to attack people
Presa Demand Grows for All Wrong Reasons: Dogs wanted for killing, fighting
Toronto Star: Attorney-general sticks to his guns - Criminals are drawn to pit bulls
Dogs being used as weapons right here!
Pit bull fighting in the U.S.
Sun newspaper ads for Cane Corsos
Local Presa Canario/Pit bull breeder

Merritt Clifton, Animal People publisher: on separation of animal control and animal protection
Bear hunt ban mulled for central coast. Move in proposed conservancy would protect gene pool for Kermode or white bear
Anti-tethering motion introduced in Burnaby *LINK*
Re: Anti-tethering motion introduced in Burnaby

The Morning Shriek! Animal communicator milks - or fleeces - or skins - the gullible
Pet communicator says dogs request bigger yards
What do dogs want?
My dog is living proof of this
We have a HUGE backyard that is not used unless we are ALL out there!
And still the SPCA does nothing
The bed hogs.... *PIC*

An interview with someone who is teaching ethics to boards and CEOs and corporations
What I want to know is...

Pit bull, teen sought after man bitten
SPCA Seizes Livestock from Langley Farm
It's a bit like watching an old Keystone Cops movie
More quotes from vets....
More about the Vancouver SPCA clinic...
...and more... *LINK*
Why do we dredge up stories from the past?
Offer of s/n turned down by the SPCA
What order to euthanize 300 pigs? The Nesbitts have to pay the SPCA $1375 to get their healthy horses and donkey back

History of animal rights shows the way
When is the BC SPCA Going to Do Something about Feral Cats? *LINK*
TNR Does Make for Happy, Healthy Feral Cats

Vets are angry at the SPCA over unpaid bills and questionable practices
van Dongen cases prove our point

SPCA admits to knowing about cockfighting
Of course AAS has the inside dirt on this one....
If the BCSPCA wants tougher laws, why aren't they lobbying the provincial government to also make changes to the provincial PCA Act?
The SPCA lacks the funds?
AAS doesn't lack funds...

Shame on the System, shame on us...
Anger is a waste of energy: I only ever wanted the corruption to end: AAS successes *LINK*
If the members do actually want change then they CAN make it happen through the existing system!
But what if the system is corrupt?

Dear dogs and cats....
Re: Dear dogs and cats.... *LINK* *PIC*

Canadian Federation of Humane Societies answers question about Planned Giving
I have to explain a few things about the BC SPCA.....

Just have to share this happy ending story...
I am reminded of the "foster Mom" home check and interview Jennifer Dickson of Okanagan Animal Welfare Foundation put me through

Re: "The Cruelty Connection." Tonight on TV
Re: "The Cruelty Connection." Tonight on TV

Windsor House School in N.V. is hosting a play called "No Parental Guidance" written & performed by international hit "Mom's the Word" stars!
Helen Hughes, AAS friend, defendant, and target of SPCA bullying
Okay Defendants and AAS Supporters - Let's Go!

Can or should the BC SPCA be saved from itself?
I too wonder, like many others if the SPCA needs such a major overhaul that it perhaps can't be done
Until the management of the BC SPCA, an organization that is fuelled by donor dollars and provincial funding, is truly proactive in managing a responsible and ethical business
Can or Should the BC SPCA Be Saved?
If Only we Could Ask Those it Claims to Speak For...
I agree wholeheartedly that a strong SPCA is what's needed. My experience with the BCSPCA goes back to approximately 1986, when I became involved with the Horse Protection Society of BC
We are really making a difference for these cats, not just sweeping the problem of abandoned cats under the carpet by killing them all
The Fraser Valley Humane Society here in Mission is piloting a programme to have all cats neutered or spayed
I personally do not believe the SPCA should be saved in it's present form
I want to know why does the SPCA keeps saying that they have this great relationship with so many dog rescue groups
Does the SPCA say that snake charming is science?
Is this just Utopia? Or can we really make it work?
Re: Is this just Utopia? Or can we really make it work? *LINK* *PIC*
AAS is often asked by people if they should discontinue donating to the SPCA *LINK* *PIC*
Being in the media, I can see that the SPCA has lost some ground
Another quote from a media person...
Shame on the System, shame on us...
Anger is a waste of energy: I only ever wanted the corruption to end: AAS successes *LINK*
If the members do actually want change then they CAN make it happen through the existing system!

Jim Willis writes about his lost companions.. *LINK*
Barbaric dog-torture continues at the hands of cold-hearted Iditarod mushers
Below is a list of organizations that are 2005 Iditarod race sponsors
Sample letter and verifiable reports of extreme cruelty
Quebec Inuit seek apology, compensation for slaughter of sled dogs

Smarten Up Safeway – new markets project to stop harmful salmon farming!
Harvey Hippo dies at Vancouver Zoo *LINK*
As if being caught by a mudslide weren't horrifying enough....
Hurt Bird , looking for a place to live or have its wing fixed.
Jen Dickson has many possible contacts

Beans the Boxer needs help paying for his surgery *PIC*
Boxer Rescue website *LINK*

Korean Government Seeks to Legalize Sale of Dog Meat *PIC*
Subject: Update

Pit bull breeders keep burning their dogs alive
Why is the multi-million dollar underground dog breeding industry allowed to thrive?
We need licenses to drive cars, to run a business, home-based or otherwise

Noah's Wish Deployed to Sri Lanka.. *LINK*
Update on Noah's Wish Activities *LINK*
Noah's Wish Update for January 20th, 2005 *NM* *LINK*

Dangerous dogs: an intractable problem that can't be solved with good intentions no matter how well-meaning an agency is
Bull mastiffs to be killed by the Langley Animal Protection Society
Dog pounds that are better than old-fashioned dog jails should be honest
In Victoria there is a new group of animal welfarist to help the CRD pound be a humane pound
20 British Columbians have offered to rescue death-row pit bulls from Windsor, Ont
Why aren't these people rescuing Pit bulls on death row in SPCAs and pounds in BC?
Who kills the most Pit bulls in BC?
Everytime I frequent the Surrey SPCA there are ALWAYS pit bulls and pitty crosses, waiting, waiting...
Dr Moe Milstein on dangerous dogs

Failure to Prosecute Monstrous Cruelty at KFC Supplier
Poultry to be added to U.S. Humane Methods of Slaughter Act

Keep that WatchDog barking!
Could such use of monies be classed as fraudulent??!!
When the public finds out that the SPCA is using their money to sue AAS, there will be a backlash that it has never experienced before
Craig Daniell said he would not spend animals' money on suing AAS
According to the mandate of the BCSPCA Board of Directors, regardless of what Mr. Daniell says or thinks, HE is not the ultimate authority in regard to a lawsuit

Woman pushes to let students drop dissections
About dissection, all I can say is that I learnt nothing that was worth killing a life for
I am a teacher and would never, ever 'make' my students
As a young student in high school I also refused.
Like you, I simply walked out of class and switched to Chemistry
I wish I could walk out too....
VSB changes dissection policy
Tiffany Tong's Report: Alternatives to Dissection in Secondary Schools
Even doctors don't have to dissect

New Standards of Care of Dogs laws in San Francisco
Yes, AAS got better laws adopted in eleven municipalities, beginning in 1995, which the SPCA did not once ticket for

Demos in Vancouver
Three women and four men braved -5C weather to protest against Sears selling fur-trimmed coats

Animal control officer facing Animal Cruelty charges
It's time to call the SPCA to account in the same courts that are being fooled by the SPCA *LINK*
It's time to write your concerns about SPCA secrecy and lack of government oversight of its actions
Time to ask again: BC Legislative Committee considering removing the SPCA's secrecy protection: From the Daum Reports
Daum Report: Is the government, by exempting the BC SPCA from the Society Act, enabling its attempts to withhold information from the public?
SPCA protects its own pound employees who do worse than this
How is selling animals in "distress" any better? *PIC*
Bojangles died of a ruptured bladder while waiting for money the SPCA says it doesn't have *PIC*
SPCA donators - would you rather your money went to save dear dogs like Bojangles, or to lawyers?
Details of the Port Hardy incident: How is this any different from Bojangles?
What kind of a sleazy organization....
If any ethical rescue group had come across a dog with this type of dire medical need
I am with Boxer Rescue Canada and you are correct
Just as we warned - Biscuit Fund fraud
Spud was rushed to the BC SPCA in need of immediate emergency care *PIC*
They were told NOT to bring Spud to Abbotsford because she would be put down *LINK* *PIC*
I've witnessed first hand that it isn't always due to lack of money that SPCA animals don't receive even the simplest of care and monitoring

Dear Animal Advocates, can you help this dog, it is so cold and wet.... *PIC*
Dear Animal Advocates...Currently, my husband and I are monitoring a large dog
Dear Animal Advocates... He threw some hard food on the snow
This morning's update
Dear Animal Advocates...Today its pouring with rain and he is lying
Dear Animal Advocates...The owner said the dog was "young", like it would learn to be threatening
Dear Animal Advocates... it was so cold he cried all night
Dear Animal Advocates...a female dog that is kept outside in a cage
Dear Animal Advocates...She lives in a run in her back yard 24/7

Activists save Lota the elephant *LINK* *PIC*
Activism works! Lota's happy ending *LINK* *PIC*

Ugliness of fashion: Sealskin is 'in' again
The Wisdom of Animals by Trevor Lautens
Working on our legal defence... *PIC*
What is so funny is... *PIC*
What happened to the humane Vancouver SPCA directors who tried to have their executive switch to lethal injection?
What is the point of dragging this up?
An honest SPCA would not spend hundreds of thousands of dollars
We little rescuers are doing our dog-dangest best
Now, the main question I get asked is " What does the SPCA do?"
This is the kind of lie that means we still cannot trust the SPCA

How many reasons do you need to stop eating animals? Cattle feed breaks ban
Tell us when you stopped eating animals and why you did.... *LINK*
There is Absolutely No Reason to Eat Meat
It is very hard, as I am only 16
I made myself watch "Meet your meat" and other undercover videos captured by PETA'S dedicated people
Google has a gold mine of vegetarian philosophy links
The McLibel trial in Britain
National Academy of Sciences - Red meat 'cancer threat'
Grilling meat increases cancer risk
All factory farmed meats are being infected, not just beef
200 cows die in bitter cold
Hospital superbugs caused by overuse of antibiotics in meat?
Banned materials found in some cattle feed

Pet stores seizures a good thing...but we question the kind of "care" the SPCA provides *LINK*
Why doesn't the SPCA seize yard dogs like Buzz? *LINK*
Saanich council ponder dangerous dogs bylaw *PIC*
It's a dirty job...but it shouldn't be the SPCA doing it!
Dogs get death sentence for humans' mistakes
AAS does not like this...
Correcting inaccuracies in the Times Colonist

Veterinarians estimate that about 40% of seals are skinned alive
Ohio Supreme Court Decision points up the uselessness of "confinement" laws to prevent dog bites *LINK*
2004'S TOP STORY! THE CHEECH AFFAIR, hands down winner!
Delta Optimist:Dec 29/04 New group is poised to take control of shelter *LINK* *PIC*
SPCA CEO's actions adds loss of Cruelty Prevention to Animal Control losses. Can the SPCA be saved from itself?
Delta SPCA admits to never enforcing the bylaws: and one of our favourite Chortyk quotes about placing 99% of dogs!
The Delta Shelter badly needs money and cat cages. Can you help?
Plans for real welfare and sheltering as the Delta Humane Society replaces the "crummy" SPCA facility
South Delta Leader:The municipality's decision to change to the Humane Society follows the "Cheech" affair *LINK* *PIC*
SPCA defender writes...

Pack of four dogs kills toddler in Maple Ridge home
AAS will again ask municipal governments to regulate the breeding, owning, and keeping of dogs
AAS position on dangerous dogs
My step father was attacked by two pit bulls
Dangerous dogs being bred locally *PIC*
CanWest News Service: Family devastated after dogs kill boy
This has to be stopped as it is unacceptable for even one more child to die this way
As both a teacher, parent, and dog lover
AAS has been the target of anger by the very people who are uneducatable on this issue
Root causes: we can go on forever rescuing big breeds, having children ripped slowly to death, having our dog control agencies kill dogs, or we can...
WHY is not more being done by the SPCA and municipalities? How many kids are going to die or be maimed?
Support for Cody's Law
There are, in fact, "bad" dogs
AAS had bylaws adopted in eleven lower mainland muncipalities
CBC News transcript: December 28/04
Controls or banning are coming - they are inevitable
If the Border Collie was deemed dangerous, did the SPCA report this to the Ministry since children were involved?
If there is no legal duty, there is a clear moral duty
Sun Editorial: Strengthen dog laws to ensure little Cody didn't die in vain
Strengthen the law in what way? Get it right or there will be more deaths
Education by itself cannot prevent deaths!
Can't anyone in charge ever do the humane thing BEFORE tragedy happens?
The visiting Rottweilers were warehouse guard dogs
Letter to the Province about raw diet and the causes of dangerous dogs
We can't even rescue all the Pit bulls and Rottweilers: who is going to try to rescue Cane Corsos etc? *LINK* *PIC*

Dog breeders being "raided" by an SPCA that won't tell the breeders what is and is not against the law
Provincial Court Judge dismisses animal cruelty charges against the father of BC Agriculture Minister John Van Dongen
Will law, order, and justice be brought to the SPCA in 2005?

Salute to the Nanaimo Cats and Kita
Learn from the geese
The Dog Bite Rumour: Is the SPCA trying to discredit Amanda Muir?
What a load of nonsense!

The Christmas Raffle: And the winner is.... *LINK* *PIC*
Let's all hope that 2005 is the year when "those who can't speak for themselves", will have lots more animal lovers speaking for them

The BC SPCA's Community Consultation Report: A Three-Year Check
Community Consultation Report Index
#1. Executive Summary
Perhaps I'll Just Send This Executive Summary to the SPCA's Lawyers as My Defense
Dog breeders being "raided" by an SPCA that won't tell the breeders what is and is not against the law
Does the BC SPCA value these suggestions or have they too been thrown away in the trash along with other feedback
#2. Enforcement of the PCA Act
What is the SPCA doing about the Psychological Abuse of yard dogs?
The SPCA's Tethering Report: March 2003
"Bonnie" *PIC*
It's Really All About What Works For the SPCA, Not the Animals
#3. Animal Shelters
The SPCA is still selling product, not adopting lives
#4. Volunteerism
This was the state of affairs in 2003, and this is still going on
#5. Pet Overpopulation
Today, there is no SPCA spay/neuter clinic in Victoria
#6. Education
#7. Animal Control
#8. Feral Cats
#9. Agricultural Animals
#10. Wildlife
#11. Animals in Entertainment
#12. Exotic Species
#13. First Nations
If Big Heart Rescue can make a difference in the lives of First Nations pet companions
#14. Accountability
Re: #14. Accountability; Nothing has improved
#16. Advocacy
#17. Human/Animal Bond
The Humane Society in Mission has had the same program with Ferndale Institution

A year later and the Victoria SPCA web site is still misinforming readers *LINK*
Re: A year later and the Victoria SPCA web site is still misinforming readers
Yes, that's how it is on Saltspring too

Zoo Controversy by The Trunkload
Municipalities Weighing Alternatives to Troubled SPCA
What a chained dog gets for Christmas... *NM* *LINK*
A Poem for Dog Rescuers

Mad cow scare revived as feed found tainted. Federal agency finds animal parts in samples
Will bears become the subject of folk tales in the British Columbia of the future?
Every chance I get I am sending a government official a protest letter

SPCA threatens children and mother: Lucy's Happy Ending! *PIC*
We have been saying that the SPCA is bullying innocent people as it never did before

Some interesting stats from the Prince George SPCA's newsletter
Delta: 'Dognappers' hired for animal control *LINK* *PIC*
The SPCA drives a stake through its own heart: The stories that are destroying the BC SPCA's credibility
The SPCA is using AAS as its scapegoat
Ten more stakes
Humane Society replaces SPCA, rehires staff in guard-dog brouhaha *LINK* *PIC*

Even the Grinch Lets His Dog Live Inside *PIC*
The SPCA Sells Outdoor Dogs to go With That Doghouse: Kenny *PIC*
The SPCA Sells Outdoor Dogs to go With That Doghouse: Blackjack *PIC*
Blackjack's bio is particularly revealing of how the SPCA sells dogs, NOT adopts
No real animal wefare organization would permit any of its employees or volunteers to advise that a dog can or should be left outside unattended
This shows how little the SPCA knows!!!
The SPCA Sells Outdoor Dogs to go With That Doghouse: Dexter *PIC*
The SPCA Sells Outdoor Dogs to go With That Doghouse: Meeko *PIC*
And the Topper: Williams Lake SPCA Defines a Dog's Emotional and Social Needs as Being a "Fenced Yard or Dog Run"

A letter to the Premier: Atlantic Salmon fish farms in BC waters
Wild Salmon depend on removal of salmon farms from Broughton Archipelago!

PETA fur demonstration at Sears on Saturday December 11th
Baby elephant dies in Calgary & Zoo President plans to breed again!
Write the Calgary Zoo and tell them how you feel!

RILEY'S CASE DRAWS NO RESPONSE FROM ISLAND VETERINARY HOSPITAL *LINK*
Re: RILEY'S CASE DRAWS NO RESPONSE FROM ISLAND VETERINARY HOSPITAL *PIC*

Each year, over 300,000 seabirds die because of deliberate oil spills
Eddy's Song *LINK* *PIC*
Re: Eddy's Song

The "Little Bugger" - Rescued from the SPCA! *LINK*
Re: The "Little Bugger" is ready for a forever home

In suffering, the animals are our equals." *LINK*
I agree with that premise
We give dogs time we can spare...
"All beings tremble before violence...

Judith's Happy Ending video now up! *LINK*
Confirmed! The SPCA has lost the Surrey animal control contract
Another one down!
I've seen both municipal pounds and SPCA pounds and the dogs are far better off at municipal pounds
The Coquitlam Pound demonstrates true animal welfare
Sorry, you're wrong about Coquitlam Pound
Municipal pounds are the only hope for humane treatment of animals
Municipal pounds are far from perfect too
Cat control is really only pest control
The errors made by municipal staff and councils in drafting new bylaws for the operation of their own pounds are staggering
The Coqutlam Pound and Feral Cats euthanasia figures
At determination that the animals were not adoptable, the cats were euthanized
AAS does not usually publish unsigned letters
Wrong on many counts
Wrong on more counts
A website that most BC residents have never heard of is being blamed for destroying a $20,000 000 a year group!
AAS answers a critic's accusations
Is this the true voice of the BC SPCA?
Self-inflicted blindness is stupid
Municipality prepares to take over SPCA duty in 2006
Surrey will pay the SPCA $824,000 for another year of animal control service

Is the SPCA what it claims to be and do? It calls itself an animal "welfare" society which "shelters" and "adopts" pets
AAS discussed the three points in this post *LINK*
Real animal welfarists make adoptions - the SPCA sells animals. The proof is here:

Hanging onto product: The selling of Simba *LINK* *PIC*
Another set of questions

Surrey Leader: Senior injured in pit bull attack
Society will take the steps necessary to protect itself and its children

'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Do I go home today?
The baby monkey in the lab
In Memory of Ben
The Happy Dog's Bedtime Prayer
'Twas the Night Before Dogmas
"Walkin' in a Doggie Wonderland"
An Old Dog's Christmas Wish
This message will mailed out to over 200 people and companies

Chicago makes changes in animal control. "We have completely changed the culture"
It's all here. It's all clear. Yet the BC SPCA still pursues corrupting animal control contracts. Will SPCA leaders ever join the 21st century?
The BC SPCA needs to Walk the Walk.... All the talk means nothing
Asking the BCSPCA to recreate itself is a vital and reasonable request *LINK* *PIC*
No "shelter" is chronically diseased: Vet warns about going into the Surrey SPCA
From watching how stressful a "shelter" is to an animal, I went home and wrote up a will
Question for the B.C. SPCA board of directors
Biscuit Fund
Re: It's all here. It's all clear. Yet the BC SPCA still pursues corrupting animal control contracts. Will SPCA leaders ever join the 21st century?

BC SPCA NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMUNITY CONSULTATION REPORT
Rethink plans to give kids live presents-cat shelter operator
The SPCA is still promoting crating as a cure for separation anxiety! *PIC*
BC SPCA Biscuit Fund: An objective look
Demonstration at Greater Vancouver Zoo: Saturday December 4th 2004 12:00pm - 2:30pm
EXOTIC BIRDS: Sanctuary finds homes for feathered friends
Couple in 20s face fine for shooting rabbit
Please write a letter for the UVic rabbits!

Even BC SPCA CAC members call on Rescue Groups Rather Than Their Own Society!
When you compare the B.C. SPCA to an organization like VDACS, it's obvious who is truly working on behalf of the animals

Once a year is all the time that AAS has to put out a newsletter as we're so busy doing real work... *LINK*
My Christmas wish list this year to the SPCA...
Why the SPCA chooses to dispose of dogs, instead of putting some of their donations towards rehabilitation continues to amaze, shock and disgust me
What's your reason for not fostering?
AAS on Google
SPCA Dogs Pass their assessment and are killed anyway *PIC*
I am sure Tina enjoyed her last walk with you very much *PIC*
Amanda Muir is... *LINK* *PIC*
IS DTA4 GOOD SCIENCE? The test the SPCA uses to dispose of dogs that will take money and time to rehabilitate
Unscientific Assessment!
Don't just get angry...take action!
Phone numbers for Global, CTV, the Province and the Sun
Delta and Surrey readers - write your mayor and councillors
Email addresses for Surrey and Delta Mayors and Councils
My letter to Surrey Mayor and Council re the Surrey SPCA
I received a reply from Delta Councillor Vicki Huntington
SPCA "Dog Disposers" don't know about dog behaviour and don't care
Ooops? They are heartless! *LINK*
We have our own Cheech situation here in Edmonton at this time *LINK*
SPCA approved rescue was not contacted about Tina
Cocker Spaniel Rescue also ignored: Letter to Bob Busch, the manager of all the BC SPCA branches
Selling sick animals is not animal welfare, it is not humane, it is not compassionate. But it is how the pet disposal industry does business
Tick, tick, tick.........time is running out for Delta SPCA dogs
Read this criticism of AAS, and then read what the SPCA wrote about Tina
Tina's biography from the SPCA web site. Not what AAS's critic described at all
Interesting........exactly what are the 'false accusations'?

Demonstrations in the Vancouver area
Stop West Edmonton Mall from bringing in more animals
Innate Wisdom
Animal Rights Coalition: Why mandatory spay/neuter doesn't work: Cross-posted from the Brindleweb board *LINK*
VHS/SPCA round-up-and-kill bylaws *LINK*
"TOO MANY CATS": AAS proposed Anti-Litter Law *LINK* *PIC*
The politics of cat control legislation and groups: The SPCA tries to shut down Madalynn Gilmore *PIC*

ANIMAL WELFARE: tracking the BC SPCA's actual policies
Tracking the BC SPCA's Violence Link Project. More abuse heaped on abused women
INVESTIGATING FOUR SPCA POLICIES
Pre-sales sterilization
Killing pets for the public
Limited Surrender
Spay/neuter assistance
Certainly not Animal Welfare

San Antonio Express News: Death by the pound
Did you notice? It calls itself Animal Care and Control shelter
Once again: AAS will not publish posts that call SPCA disposal centres "shelters"

Tomorrow: Protest against the Japanese Taiji Dolphin slaughter: 1177 West Hastings: 11:30 a.m.
In Memory of George *LINK* *PIC*
"That's My Baby" Question
Re: "That's My Baby" Question

You've heard of shooting fish in a barrel: How about shooting cows in a corral?
Overheard...
Kelowna Courier: Residents have launched a petition after the SPCA seized a popular horse and her colt from a neighbourhood pasture
Kelowna Courier: Vet gives contrary opinion on the condition of the horses
Kelowna Courier: Animal lovers protest the seizure
An interview with Idella Schwab

DTA4 With Limited Remediation Almost Saw Monty Killed by the SPCA *PIC*
A little update on Mr. Nine out of Ten on the aggression scale....
And then, this morning...

Applications for puppies being taken *PIC*
see other dogs for adoption at *NM* *LINK*

Karen Raffle has her dogs seized by the SPCA - again
Revolving dogs: how many times can the SPCA seize animals, collect thousands, seize them again.....

Pit bulls being bred in a garage die in fire
Demonstation at the Greater Vancouver Zoo on Sat Dec 4 from noon to 2:30pm
I'm a seasons pass holder at the Greater Vancouver Zoo and a professor at a local college
Does anyone believe this person is a professor?

The SPCA should be responsible dog and cat guardians by ensuring that the animals in their care receive a proper and consistent, high quality diet
Dolphin Slaughter at Taiji Bay, Japan *LINK*
Riley's misdiagnosis leads to improved feline leukemia testing protocols
Thank You Jean, For Giving Riley A Second Chance

Not enough dogs on death row in BC: the Nanaimo SPCA imports dogs from Mississippi *LINK* *PIC*
They are not in foster homes anymore, they are taking up room at the Nanaimo SPCA
Mississippi Madness
Conflict of Interest and heartworm
The SPCA is still in business mode, not animal welfare mode
Having learned that the SPCA will import "good sellers" from anywhere, my concern about the fate of Tequila
Nanaimo SPCA employee, Carolyn, responds
Defending the indefensible
Who are you going to believe?
This is an SPCA employee's idea of rescue. That doesn't surprise us
The point has been completely missed
Case in point: Over-crowding at Surrey and Delta SPCA's
SPCA Doublespeak
I was at Petcetera when Channing, the 5 month-old puppy, was sold to his new owners
Copper the hound is at the Abbotsford SPCA
Re: Copper the hound is at the Abbotsford SPCA
Then there is Sheena...
...and Dueler....
Re: Nanaimo SPCA employee, Carolyn, responds *LINK*
Contrast these two mandates or missions: Mex-Can Rescue and the BC SPCA
Would you put a stop to this at any point?

Bill 63 Letter to BC Government
Reply from Assistant Deputy Attorney General

Online petitions to stop rabbit cruelty
"We need a boundless ethics which will include the animals also." Albert Schweitzer

Is the SPCA at last practicing some real animal welfare? *LINK*
Not at Coquitlam SPCA they're not! *PIC*
I believe my fear for the lives of Wizard, Chloe, Greta, Butch, Duke, Max, Lucy, Winston, Zsa-Zsa, Cottin, Bullet, Nea, Brandy, Barney, Abby, Tasha, Meeka, Deeda and Tequila... *LINK* *PIC*
Doesn't appear to be in Victoria *PIC*
Quesnel: Jabba - NOT animal welfare *PIC*
Quesnel: Bojangles: NOT animal welfare *PIC*
Re: Quesnel: Bojangles: Spending Priorities???
The SPCA uses the PCA Act to cripple and punish and ruin people who inflict less cruelty on animals than it does, all the time

The 2003 BC SPCA audited financial statements are now on their web site *LINK*
Re: The 2003 BC SPCA audited financial statements - Operating Deficit grows again and Net Assets shrink!
Re: The 2003 BC SPCA audited financial statements - Operating Deficit grows again and Net Assets shrink!

Why Phyllis Gregg Resigned from the BC SPCA Board of Directors
He says....She says.... Perhaps the secretive SPCA ought to at least let its employees know what its policies are...
People Magazine awards teenaged seller of puppymill pups:Sign Petition *LINK*
Correspondence with People Magazine

In Memory of Nita, the Boat Dog *LINK* *PIC*
Christmas Raffle! We just made it easier for you to get and sell tickets, and we will bus the basket if the winner is out of the lower mainland! *PIC*
Pounds can practise true Animal Welfare with a little help from their friends *PIC*
Butch to Brady: All it took was a little help from his friends. *PIC*

Urgent: Mom and 8 pups from Bella Bella need temp foster care!
Lady and her puppies will be safe on Wednesday!!
Big Heart Rescue makes a difference in Bella Bella *LINK* *PIC*
Congratulations Big Heart Rescue!

Richmond Review: Civic lawyers to decide if Richmond has to stick to verbal agreement with the SPCA
Oh No! Three more years! Write the Mayor and Council of Richmond
Readers bark out dissatisfaction: SPCA criticized for failing to protect animals

RABBIT FUR IS NOT FUN. IT'S CRUEL: Petition
About the SPCA's dog assessment test
Despite vigorous protests by rescue groups and individuals, the BC SPCA is training staff at the Victoria Branch of the BC SPCA in the DTA4 Assessment "Weapon"
Is Everyone Deaf at BCSPCA Head Office?
The Board of the BC SPCA is both Deaf and Dumb: AAS will speak in court for those who cannot speak for themselves

Forgotten Felines needs help moving cats and shelter material from Richmond to Surrey
What Penny needs

Oh those pesky employees, they can't even keep straight a simple thing like "what's today's policy on who we kill for what?"
Internationally recognized animal welfare and rehabilitation programs?
Killing cats for being the wrong colour: Let's not forget how much progress we have all forced the SPCA to make
Through the use of one word i.e. policy, wiggle room is created
BC SPCA Policy #3: EUTHANASIA for space
"Euthanasia" is anything but "gentle" for feral cats
Let's get this straight - the SPCA hardly ever practices "euthanasia". It kills
Start calling a spade a spade and maybe the media will at last "get it"
I agree
Three years after branch amalgamation for consistency and still no consistency
Tracking the SPCA contradicting itself over why it kills. Oh what a tangled web... *LINK*
Mr Daniell: do cats get colds or don't they?
In 2002 the number of animals killed was enormously higher than what the public was led to believe
"Euthanasia" justification from the SPCA's manual

Fall - 2004 Edition of the BC SPCA North Cariboo Branch E-Newsletter
Intakes less adoptions, less owner claimed, less transferred leaves 742 animals unaccounted for
Are these the lives of animals Mr. Daniell referred to

Richmond News: Daniell "sets the record straight" in a letter to the Editor *LINK*
Delta Optimist Oct 27/04 Tale of 2 Shelters Revealing
Consumer Satisfaction Makes A Difference
The B.C. SPCA did something like this back in 2000, they called it their "Community Consultation"
Rehabilitation program? They don't euthanize for space?
28 dogs killed for aggression in one year! am flabbergasted!
The Coquitlam Animal Shelter has had to kill ONE dog for being aggressive since it opened over a few years ago after it replaced the SPCA in Coquitlam
Richmond Review: Civic lawyers to decide if Richmond has to stick to verbal agreement with the SPCA

BC SPCA Director, Peter Havlik, disputes the SPCA's version of the Victoria SPCA controversy
Maple Ridge Times: What is the SPCA doing to set the spay/neuter example? *LINK*
Despite all of the negative, there are still some people choosing to do great things at the BCSPCA
I volunteer at the Vancouver Branch walking dogs
From someone who has volunteered at the Vancouver SPCA for ten years to someone who is still very green around the edges
I have to say that while I am happy to hear of the good people at the Vancouver SPCA, I myself have had very negative experiences

Howard Gray's reasons for resigning from the Board of the BC SPCA
I offer you my personal gratitude for sharing your experience, thoughts, feelings and decisions

This is the story of Riley, the cat that would have ended up in an SPCA incinerator *PIC*
This sounds like incompetence to me

Seal killing for fun by tourists in Norway *LINK*
SPCA's version of animal welfare in Surrey. If you understand what the SPCA is, you won't be baffled by the story of Buddy - the cat in the tree
We phoned CTV and the two newspapers, the Surrey North Delta Leader and the Surrey Now
The magic word worked! Just say MEDIA and the SPCA shrivels up like the Wicked Witch in Oz
Vernon SPCA Left a Cat up a Pole to Suffer in the Heat
All over Surrey, chained dogs are crying to the SPCA for help... *LINK* *PIC*
Surrey has no bylaw that would allow the SPCA to fine for a treed cat
In my opinion, Dee, her son, friends, neighbors and Buddy were subjected to emotional and in Buddy's situation, physical abuse
Humane treatment & business sense
Surrey Now: Does the SPCA wield too much power when it comes to determining the fates of animals it's compelled to protect, as recent stories suggest *LINK*

Times Colonist: SPCA unveils efforts to reduce shelter noise
The SPCA declined the free services of an architect
It is unfortunate that the Society works in secret
As to capital fundraising, we here in Nanaimo, are completely handcuffed by the SPCA Head Office
Will Nanaimo ever get the new shelter it so desperately needs?
From vision to reality???
According to the SPCA, work has been "underway" since 2003
Times Colonist: SPCA honours donors' wishes
How many legacies from Victoria in the last two years went into the Society's general revenue?
Re: Times Colonist: SPCA honours donors' wishes
Victoria News: SPCA unveils grand plan for shelter
Letter to Councillor Savoie: You raise the issue of being able to prove that the SPCA can pay for its promises

Bill 63 - Update - 3rd Reading
How can I get the SPCA to stop this suffering? *PIC*
You probably can't get the SPCA to do anything
On behalf of the voiceless victims, thank you
I know these dogs well and have been in the middle of the battle of helping them
I put in a call to Ken Halliday at the SPCA today

PRESS RELEASE: DELTA HUMANE SOCIETY IS AWARDED THE ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT FOR DELTA
Council Minutes and contract details
What a slap in the face to the SPCA!
Sun: Delta Humane Society awarded animal-shelter contract over SPCA
"We love that community"? Pretty tough love!
Re: "We love that community"? Pretty tough love!
Delta Optomist: SPCA loses municipal contract
Delta Optimist OCt 27/04 Tale of 2 Shelters Revealing
Many large organizations who proudly use "best practises" have adopted a survey style questionnaire

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE! Help us pay our rescue bills.... *PIC*
I'll be doing my share of selling tickets

Join our fight to outlaw Spanish sadists
I can assure you that we will NOT be coming to Spain and we won't spend a penny in your country so long as
Such barbarism is completely unacceptable!

What a difference a day makes... *NM* *LINK* *PIC*
Re: What a difference a day makes...
What a difference an organization makes...
The day that made the difference... *LINK* *PIC*

Victoria News:Banning sales of black cats over Halloween
BC SPCA Press Release: Appeal Denied to Accused in Grand Forks Cruelty Investigation
For six months AAS was thrilled by Mr Daniell, defending him against many critics
There are other blatantly anti-animal welfare SPCA policies that have been changed in the last two years

The spca
Marisa answered her own question
The reason I post comments on AAS
I used to help fund raise for the SPCA, but one day I asked myself...
The truth is that the SPCA itself spends alot of energy giving the impression that they do true animal welfare

OR HELP ONE FAINTING ROBIN
Make humanity gentle or reasonable toward animals, and

Richmond News: Richmond Homeless Cats may get cat control contract: BC SPCA Craig Daniell "flabbergasted"
Nailed! For 20 years of cheap animal disposal
An Opportunity for the BC SPCA?
Richmond News: Daniell "sets the record straight"

Honeydew needs a new home! *LINK* *PIC*
Is the Victoria SPCA refusing to take injured animals?
The Response from the BC SPCA was Predictable

A Responsible Solution . . .
Nanaimo SPCA: Another Dead Dog - Well Done BCSPCA. You've Done it Again.
Sadly, what is best for dogs in the SPCA's care, seems to be the last thing the SPCA is willing to do
Posted By: Nanaimo SPCA Manager Lorrain Chiorando on Brindleweb
The SPCA had a choice to give Sophie to Springer Spaniel Rescue
I was given a promised that if Sophie was returned to the shelter
Mia Riback asks the pointed question
Mia's question is THE question
Mia Riback: Until one has exhausted ALL resources for the dog it can't be justified
It is done all the time...by committed dog-lovers who know their breed
No Human Welfare...No Animal Welfare...So Who Has Benefited?
Questions of fact can, and should, be answered candidly by shelter staff
Secrecy is a diminishing option for the SPCA thanks to the internet
Not human welfare. Not animal welfare. Just SPCA welfare

Let's make the public aware of Bill 63, and have them make their donations more specific
background on Bill 63 *LINK*
Will we prove in Supreme Court that the SPCA did not ever use any but a tiny fraction of its donations for their intended purpose - animal welfare?
Comment: "If" cruelty prevention is legitimate animal welfare
Acceptance of Collateral Damage is Not Animal Welfare
It is staggering that a person who would rather kill a dear little cocker spaniel than let the competition save it, is directing the BC SPCA *PIC*
Bill 63 - link to text
Another Example...Intent is so Important

Only a few weeks after volunteering at the Burnaby SPCA and seeing them kill an 8 year old German shepherd
Coquitlam SPCA appears to have serious problems with dog adoptions

Honest? Accountable?
It is now in the hands of the President of the BC SPCA
Many hands make light work...
The B.C. SPCA was restructured in late 2001 and according to their new bylaws:

Times Colonist: "Dog defenders need to lighten up"
Letter to Jack Knox: Please don't discount real rescuers as "vigilantes" *PIC*
YES. We have formed a "personal opinion" about all this. As would any decent human
Barb can move me to tears... she writes of what she knows... *LINK* *PIC*
It would appear from your article that I am one of those “vigilantes” that you think so poorly of

Saanich News: Fallout continues from SPCA's decision to get out of animal control business
Obviously the business has to be taken over by others
An early AAS page was just that: that the SPCA must not be a poundkeeper, but must be the pound inspector
My reasons for commenting at the Saanich Municipal Council meeting were three fold

Another day...another unsought SPCA story...
Elizabeth Eckert asked over and over, "What is the SPCA doing to put itself out of business?" *PIC*

Klemtu's Happy Ending *LINK* *PIC*
RCMP and Pacific Coastal Partnering makes this possible..

"The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear"
The BC SPCA website shows donors a breakdown as to where their donated dollars are spent. But there isn't a category for lawsuits
BC SPCA Press Release re Petcetera/SPCA Pet Express van
Making room for all the Premium Green Label dogs: What happened to the often-promised Spay/Neuter van?
Craig Daniell Admits that the SPCA Kills Thousands of Adoptable Animals
And Lorie Chortyk Admits that Healthy Kittens and Puppies Are Being Killed
Re: And Lorie Chortyk Admits that Healthy Kittens and Puppies Are Being Killed for space
And the obvious solution
They did it in Northern Quebec, why not here?
Wouldn't it be Wonderful if All That Money Could Be Spent on Spay/Neuter Instead?
The SPCA doesn't even have a spay/neuter program in the worst of the worst branches
Prince George Citizen - Local SPCA wants private clinic
This is madness
If the dam is leaking you don't just keep adding water...you fix the leak!
When does the critical breaking point come
If the van's purpose is two-fold....
Hmmm...Spay a Hundred Cats, or Buy Another Van..What to Do...
Spay and Neuter Now...Or Become Experts At Animal Transport
1+1=?? Do the Math, SPCA!
Shuffling Them Doesn't Fix the Problem - FIXING Them Fixes the Problem
Even Green zone dogs are not safe!
Re: Even Green zone dogs are not safe!
From someone who knows: Amanda Muir on the danger of disease transporting, and other thoughts
B.C. SPCA 1999: SNAP reduces surplus cats: 2003: No more SNAP
Keep that product stream moving!
Transporting animals to other areas is a bandaid solution in my opinion
When will the BCSPCA get the message?
What vets will work with the SPCA?
Re: What vets will work with the SPCA?
Pet Shuffling is not Animal Welfare
You have given me a "lightbulb" moment
Re: BC SPCA Press Release re Petcetera/SPCA Pet Express van *LINK* *PIC*
Re: BC SPCA Press Release re Petcetera/SPCA Pet Express van

AAS performs a neccessary public service
BC SPCA - $20 million. AAS - $0. Can you hold a sale for us?

Where is the $23,000 report on implementing a spay/neuter mobile van to stop the carnage on Reserves?
What did the BC SPCA Board of Directors decide to do with the $23,000 report?
Classic SPCA. No one will ever know

The only ones at the SPCA with dignity were the animals *LINK*
Donators should know that the SPCA does not feel the same about the dignity of animals as they do

Terra Vallely of Doberman Rescue BC asks the BC SPCA Board of Directors why so many dogs are being killed
Eddy's Happy Ending...another AAS rescued dog lands with his butt in the butter! *LINK* *PIC*
Thank you AAS for doing real animal welfare
Real Animal Welfare for Sure
The videos of dogs that AAS has been taking for almost ten years are worth a thousand lawyers *LINK*
From Colin and Marie the morning after Eddy's first night with his new family....
Eddy is living like God in France!
Eddy at Camp Judystone
Oh how absolutely WONDERFUL for sweet Eddie!

Past BC SPCA President, Rick Sargent, asks the SPCA to clarify its mandate to protect dogs
$'s cause corruption
Resignation as Chair of the Nanaimo SPCA CAC

BC Govt announces new bill to protect donor's money
We know that the SPCA has taken money for special purposes and put it into general revenues for a long time
Excerpt letter sent by B.C. SPCA president Michael Steven to branch board of directors
I have requested a copy of Bill 63
Retroactivity of Bill 63

BEARS---WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF?
The sad reality is that we in British Columbia kill far more bears than they do in Washington state
How can we alter what people do if we put blind faith in believing what the media or the politicians tell us?
Relocating Bears *LINK*

Iams will stop killing beagles after litters are weaned
Shouldn't this read: Iams will NOT stop killing the beagles?
Re: Iams will stop killing beagles after litters are weaned *LINK* *PIC*
Iams latest e-mail regarding nutritional studies
PETA Responds...

Korean Government Drops Definition Of “Pet Animal” In Their Amendment
Overhaul of animal welfare laws in Britain
I see good and bad in this
It sounds like an idea whose time is past due
I also sense the need for caution and careful deliberation

Dante's Happy Ending... *LINK* *PIC*
PETA files suit against North American Pet Distributor Inc.
Bodies to the dump full of Euthanyl: killing more animals and adding poison to our water
Little bodies, betrayed in life and treated like garbage in death
The SPCA saves a lot of money by dumping rather than cremating because of the very substantial "bulk" savings
Society makes a distinction between commerce and welfare
At last the SPCA has provided the very public forum of the Supreme Court to establish what animal welfare is and isn't
This is NOT animal welfare: Ask the SPCA why it is still keeping dogs in "Alcatrazes for animals" *PIC*
Here is what to do and where to write
The Province - Such a practice is dangerous, says Dr. John Twidale of the B.C. Veterinary Medical Association
Please bring this to the attention of the Hon Bill Barisoff, The Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection, when you write your letter
The Victoria SPCA has always sent the animals it kills to the landfill
When I worked at the Saltspring SPCA 4 years ago
Cremation- Parksville and area.
I can assure you that landfill leachate contains much worse than a bit of Euthanyl

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole - and other dog wisdom
California bans the force-feeding of geese and ducks for foie gras
Further along the lines of animal welfare..
You are not alone in finding cold, uncaring staff at SPCA
Errington is great!
While I have never volunteered at a Pound, I have spent a lot of time with the SPCA

Dr. Jane Goodall --Kermode Bears *LINK*
Jerry, the drug house puppy's happy ending *LINK* *PIC*
40 years of ignoring cries for help for chained dogs
Another 40 years?

IS THIS ANIMAL WELFARE? What training do SPCA staff get?
What is animal welfare: 10 point explanation
It is why the SPCA is being so heavily criticized
None of these SPCA policies and actions are true animal welfare
Dr Craig Bestrup: The contradiction of "shelters" that kill
We only disagree with Dr Bestrup on one point

Capital Region (Victoria) Director Resigns from BC SPCA Board of Directors
"Without a major shift in philosophy on..."
Another good person has been driven away from the BCSPCA
At last, a Director who is willing to share her concerns!
I applaud Gail Peterson's views and would like to present my own concerns about the current state of the BCSPCA
The only heartbreaking fact is that it is the animals who continue to suffer as the BC SPCA continues its downward spiral
Dear Gail...

Bill C-22: Andrew Lamey: National Post
Ad in 100Mile house paper under pets for sale
Now THIS is animal welfare, albeit tiny

Gone to the Dogs GARAGE SALE in Victoria
Judge lets Bunny Killer Off with scolding
This rabbit was the victim of not one, but two crimes

Strange bedfellows: The SPCA and PIJAC
Attempts to “wear both hats” at the same time so to speak can only result in secrecy....

I cried for your cat today
Prince George SPCA kills a "large number" of cats without any attempt to "work with" other groups to save their lives
Prince George Citizen: Cat virus hits SPCA *LINK*
Used pet business = unlimited surrender = overcrowding disease = killing the sick = BC SPCA Animal Welfare
BEST FRIENDS NO KILL SANCTUARY: AAS is not the only group who wants the SPCA to stop doing animal control
Michael Mountain is a respected authority on real animal welfare *LINK*
Does anyone think the SPCA does not know all this?
I cannot see how any Society could be proud of the carnage described in the above article
Cats fill SPCA Shelter - Increase Blamed on Lottery Funding Cut
That unnamed, helpless cat was only one of many on that day of many days
Is this anyone's definition of animal welfare, except for the SPCA's?

Breeders want clear laws from the BC SPCA
Why has not the SPCA ever sued a newspaper?
BC SPCA spends hundreds of thousands of dollars meant for suffering animals to silence a real animal welfare organization *LINK*
AAS fundraising dinner dance and auction at Vancouver Public Library, Nov 13th, needs volunteers
AAS's latest hard-hitting Courier ad to help Vancouver yard dogs *LINK* *PIC*
The Province Sept. 19, 2004: Latest Pit Bull Biting Incident Renews Calls For Breed's Ban
SPCA Doublespeak is Going to Make the Judge Crazy: Claims Cheech Was Too Dangerous to be Allowed Out in Public, Yet it Releases a Dog Who Has Attacked a Child and a Horse *LINK*
North American leading dog expert says SPCA dog test gives "all the wrong readings"
Do as I Say, not as I Do
This Pit Bull Was A Yard Dog AND Had Puppies
This is EXACTLY the situation that feeds the SPCA's pound contracts

Help protect the Galapagos National Park Marine Reserve from illegal fishing
The SPCA and Forgotten Felines: What a difference!
MT Currie Reserve Dogs Shot, Clubbed, and Hung

AAS on CBC Almanack: 1:00: 690 AM: on pit bull ban *NM*
THE PROVINCE: Councillor urges pit-bull ban after jogger hurt
The Sun: Councillor wants bylaw banning breed
The Sun: Owners of aggressive dogs must be made responsible

BC SPCA Launches New Kids Club
It will be interesting to see how much money the SPCA spent on education
This could be a step in the right direction for the BC SPCA
SPCA Has Also Partnered to Exploit Exotic Animals in the Name of "Education" *LINK*
SPCA Has a Long History of Calling Children Poking at Little Caged Animals "Education"

AAS on Global and CTV 6:00 News re pit bull ban *NM*
Animal Advocates Society supports the regulation of pit bulls and other man-stopper breeds of dogs *PIC*
My letter of support to Mayor Campbell and Council
You ask, Who is selling pit bulls? The City of Vancouver is for one *PIC*
Absolutely!! Agreed!!
AAS position statement on pit bull breeding *LINK* *PIC*
Vancouver City Pound is full of pit bulls and crosses: Vancouver taxpayers pay to warehouse them, and the pound actually sells them! *LINK* *PIC*
The city of Vancouver and the SPCA are not protecting the dogs or the humans by allowing backyard dogs to suffer

Globe and Mail: SPCA sues B.C. animal advocates' group for alleged defamation in Web postings
Moral depravity? Now that sounds interesting
The "unlawful vigilante action" AAS encouraged was for...
Good luck AAS
I would like to congratulate your organization on the rescue of Cheech
Re: Globe and Mail: SPCA sues B.C. animal advocates' group for alleged defamation in Web postings

I started volunteering for the Surrey SPCA and saw all that goes on that the general public doesn't know about
Once more, the SPCA has admitted to killing dogs because of lack of space and money
It can and is being done *LINK* *PIC*
Oh for goodness sakes, YOU STOP TAKING DOGS!
AND you close down backyard breeders and push for implementing breeding by-laws

The BCSPCA is becoming less democratic and less accountable with each passing month
Re: Dangerous dog bylaw

People will at last be able to "speak" for the animals the SPCA silences
Lawyer Kim Roberts also said...
Starving animals nothing new to Eileen Drever

The SPCA has lost sight of its mandate, and regrettably, the animals are the big losers
Animal welfare, advocacy, and reform is a social movement, one that's not about to disappear
"The greater the power the more dangerous the abuse."
I believe that the answer to your question is "because they can"

SPCA Mismanaged?
Volunteer voices strong
If SPCA reserves are not for the animals, what ARE they for?
SPCA should balance its books says PoCo city council
BCSPCA Faces Lawsuit: Kamloops Daily News Sept 8,2004 *PIC*
Watch this space for an AAS interview with the mastiff's owner and some shocking revelations about the SPCA's handling of this seizure *PIC*

B.C. SPCA can't help its own shelters? What are they doing with the millions they get each year?
No money for injured animals but enough for the SPCA's administrator's paycheques
A letter from Carolyn Pinsent
AAS was contacted by several people with inside knowledge of this SPCA seizure
the SPCA raked in the dough on this one *PIC*
ADMIN! Here is how the SPCA was keeping cats not long ago *PIC*

December 12th, 2003 Maple Ridge Times: Layoffs prompt calls for SPCA boycott
CUPE is joining with other critics and calling for the resignation of the current BCSPCA Board of directors

Choklit and Timber: Why I turned to AAS ... *LINK* *PIC*
Even in death, Tina the elephant still brings comfort *PIC*
AAS director and a defendant in the SPCA's defamation suit
SPCA Cat Rooms Are Falling Apart
Poor SPCA! It only has money for its salaries and retreats, and vehicles and lawyers

I've gone from "improving animals lives" to being sued..
The BC SPCA is now standing at a fork in the road

Kudos to Judy
I found AAS when I was at the end of my rope trying to rescue dogs and puppies in Bella Bella, BC
Too bad that the SPCA can not join Judy in her quest

Cat lady's supporters foil SPCA inspection
Donna Liberson of ARC has enough dirt on the SPCA...
Will your rescue or advocacy group be next?
Hello Lorie - just a quick question...
Does the SPCA work with Richmond Homeless Cats??
Yes Lorie, Can you Please Explain?...
If the issue weren't so serious the stumbling and bumbling through interviews, press conferences and spontaneous comments can be laughable! *LINK*
Beware of SPCA Greeks..... *LINK*

As one of AAS’ researchers, I can tell you that the SPCA has done very little in terms of true animal welfare
Ms. Archibald speaks about Cheech *LINK*
Surrey SPCA manager Kim Archibald advocates killing *LINK*
Re: Surrey SPCA manager Kim Archibald advocates killing
This interview made me sick to listen to

Perhaps they could save their money suing me, and spend the money on all the animals that I have fostered, as well as the animals in their facilities instead.
I am an SPCA supporter and also a Board member of the International Primate Protection League in the US
In light of the recent legal action taken against myself
Letter to the Vancouver Courier: ...and the managers at the S.P.C.A. earn how much? Doing what?
Letter to the Board and the CEO of the BC SPCA: your action is another symptomatic step in a long history of bad judgement, bad advice, bad public....
I am grateful to AAS for having the courage to carry on prodding the BC SPCA towards positive change
Agreed!!
I have supported many SPCA staff and Volunteers...
I am always confident that the postings on the Animal Advocate’s message board are based on FACT, not rumor and innuendo
As a long-time SPCA volunteer I never received adequate responses to my questions about why dogs were killed
Thank you Animal Advocates Society
Thank you for having the courage to carry on. I stand behind you 100%

Letter to the North Shore News
Coquitlam Councillor Mae Reid, on the SPCA, CBC radio
BC SPCA Negative Press: Vancouver Sun: April 23, 2003
BC SPCA Negative Press: Vancouver Sun: May 26, 2003
BC SPCA Negative Press: Province: November 7, 2003
BC SPCA Negative Press: Province: December 14, 2003
BC SPCA Negative Press: CEO Craig Daniell: VSPCA urges an end to backbiting among animal activists:ancouver Sun: April 23, 2003
BC SPCA Negative Press: Jennifer Dickson, OKAWF: Vancouver Sun: January 28, 2004
BC SPCA Negative Press: Donna Liberson, ARC: Vancouver Sun: January 30, 2004
The controversial CEO of the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
BC SPCA Negative Press: Vancouver Sun: "A Prison Camp for Animals" by Barbara Yaffe: April 29, 2004
BC SPCA Negative Press: CEO Craig Daniell's response to: Vancouver Sun: April 23, 2003
Notes to Daniell's letter
BC SPCA Negative Press: "If animals could speak they'd tell us off" , Barbara Yaffe: Vancouver Sun: may 8, 2004
BC SPCA Negative Press: CKNW: June 1, 2004
BC SPCA Negative Press: The Province: SPCA should be probed: June 13, 2004
Re: BC SPCA Negative Press: North Shore News: 40 years ago
BC SPCA Negative Press: Vancouver Courier: Pound Foolish: May 2001
BC SPCA Negative Press: Vancouver Courier: B.C. SPCA suing critics for defamation in latest dog fight: September 5, 2004

Fight on AAS! If you do wish to speak to Robert Matas, Globe and Mail reporter, you can phone him at 604 631-6628
If you know something that the public should know, email AAS with your phone number and we will add you to our media contacts list *NM*
Robert Matas is is gathering evidence to prove the credibility of Judy Stone president of AAS versus the credibility of BC SPCA management

If the BCSPCA carries on in this way there will not be much left to save in the very near future!
I am a Member of the BC SPCA, Not Animal Advocates Society
Large amounts of money left in wills ensures that surviving pets find homes. Does this mean that no money.... *LINK*
Craig Daniell is way out on a limb saying that the 2004 budget will be balanced *LINK*
From the SPCA's Code of Ethics
Mr Daniell urges you to look at the SPCA's fianancial statements.

SLAPP suits
ANTI SLAPP CAMPAIGN

Letter to the Provincial Government
How do I contribute to your legal defence fund ?
Thank you...here is how..we take cheques, MasterCard and Visa *LINK* *PIC*
Thank you to all donators; Please write the SPCA at these email addresses
I vouch for Judy Stone as a reputable, dog knowledgeable person and a devoted animal advocate. I will stand by Judy Stone and Gail of Big Heart Rescue, and all others

Buddy's life saved by Cheech?
The SPCA appears to be driven by fear of more horrible P.R. like the media-swarming that happened because of Cheech

BC SPCA accuses past president Rick Sargent of illegally signing Supreme Court agreement
Rick Sargent's letter of resignation as a member of the BC SPCA
Ex-President of the BC SPCA Rick Sargent is absolutely correct when he says: "Our community has been betrayed."
SPCA newsletter article says a new Victoria SPCA is to be built *LINK*
The same newsletter has an article about chained dogs that is so misleading *LINK*

I too have seen many abused animals over the years
The SPCA in perspective: 40-year dog fight. North Shore News: Sept 17/00
I would like to know why there have been so many dogs euth'd while under the direct care of the SPCA in the last week alone
Cowichan SPCA in Duncan often does real animal welfare

North Shore News: In a turn of events rich with irony, the BC SPCA filed a defamation suit...
I think the SPCA does a fine job all on its own of discrediting its name
Re: I think the SPCA does a fine job all on its own of discrediting its name
I will not be silenced.. *LINK*
Nor Will I
And Nor Will I
Re: SLAPP suit anyone?

SPCA trains its staff in animal killing but not in animal welfare
This honestly saddens and sickens me

An uproar over a 10-month-old pooch named Cheech has resulted in the SPCA's contract in Delta not being renewed *PIC*
The BC SPCA's P.R. mistress defames and insults the Mayor and Council of Delta
AAS letter to Larry Cardy of the Canadian Public Relations Society
Surrey Leader: Delta drops SPCA contract
AAS letter to the BC SPCA Board of Directors: fire Craig Daniell and Lorie Chortyk before they destroy the SPCA
AAS letter to the BC SPCA Board of Directors: AAS has not ever, and still does not, want the destruction of the BC SPCA
There was yet one step lower down the path to destruction of the BC SPCA which Lorie Chortyk openly took
The "rare situations" could be ANYTHING they deem to be rare
That's how it works Lorie! Taxpayers exercise their rights to say how they want their money spent!
Chortyk's publisized comments provide the donating public with a glimpse of the real B.C. SPCA
Municipalities are a rich source of evidence that AAS will use to defend itself against the SPCA's charge of defamation
Lorie Quote - “We have been around for 108 years. We believe that we have served the community well.”
Addresses of Government officials to send your letter to

CYA letter to government re SPCA accountability *LINK*
Letter to Premier Campbell and the Honourable John van dongen
Copy and paste these email addresses

I am willing to rescue a dog who is chained, hit, and neglected
Please email us directly
Always remember you are not alone in your efforts

ADMIN! It has come to our attention that the Salt Spring Island SPCA branch no longer has a spay/neuter/assistance program
Delta votes tonight on whether to renew the animal control contract with the SPCA or not: Delta staff recommend not to
Will the Victoria Branch of the BC SPCA be forced to close?
THE THIRD LAWYER'S ATTACK ON AAS BY THE BC SPCA
At the heart of the matter is what we allege are the two money-making businesses that the SPCA has been running for fifty years
This post is the most concise and clear summary of the business activity of the BC SPCA I have yet to read!
Why does the SPCA every so often spend thousands of dollars to try to silence AAS?
The SPCA incriminates itself almost daily. This letter from a volunteer confirms all AAS's allegations against the BC SPCA
Re: The SPCA incriminates itself almost daily. This letter from a volunteer confirms all AAS's allegations against the BC SPCA
Here is a short list of the organizations and individuals that will be called as witnesses by me if this goes to court

A cartoon is worth a thousand words. New ones are posted.... *PIC*
SELF-INCRIMINATION: I demand that the Ministry of Agriculture makes the BC SPCA account for the $20 million annually it receives
Here is who to send your letter demanding an end to BC SPCA financial secrecy to
AAS letter to John van dongen, the Premier, Joyce Murray, FOI, and Corporate Registry
Minister van Dongen gives out incorrect information
AAS and many others have been given the same incorrect information

LAWSUIT OVER VETERINARY DRUG SETTLED: Rimadyl (Carprofen)
CKWX NEWS 1130: Dog fighting *PIC*
If the SPCA won't stop it we have to do something to make it more public

I am thinking of purchasing a puppy from Puppy Pals
AAS has inspected Puppy Pals
THIS MESSAGE WAS POSTED IN THE BUY AND SELL
Who do you recommend we write to?
PLEASE don't buy from Puppy Pals!
Thanks to you getting back to us so quickly we were able to make a better informed decision

The BC SPCA again misleads the public into thinking that the SPCA is successfully seizing dogs for "psychological distress" *PIC*
More light shed on the "seizing for psychological distress" scam *PIC*

"THE CHEECH INCIDENT" stops the SPCA from killing Buddy
The Brindleweb posts that alarmed the SPCA that another "Cheech" was about to happen
Buddy's SPCA page *PIC*
The SPCA's "scientist" will drug Buddy for his anxiety
Drugs are not to be taken 'lightly' in my opinion

Vancouver Sun: Richmond Homeless Cats lashes out at SPCA: AAS, GVAC, RCHS rebut SPCA statements *PIC*
If this shuts down petting zoos.... E. coli outbreak prompts warning about petting zoos *LINK* *PIC*
Gotza: It was 40 below and I was snug in my bed when I heard a dog howling *LINK* *PIC*
There are so many others like Gotza who deserve someone to come along who will not forget *LINK* *PIC*

Norman - another dog dead *LINK* *PIC*
Norman's SPCA web site bio
Norman is one of hundreds of dogs that are Craig Daniell's "collateral damage". Volunteers! Start Cheeching them!

BC SPCA Code of Ethics: Fine words - but actions speak louder than words *LINK*
Local Peta protest agaisnt Iams pet food at Abbotsford Walmart: Tuesday, August 24th at 11:45 a.m.
Ottawa moves on exotic pet disease risk. Ministers fear imported animals could bring infections like SARS and West Nile virus
Rabbits and the SPCA
Harbour City Star: Animal abusers nearly always end up abusing humans
Nothing is being done in BC: Unmasking the SPCA's Violence Link Project *LINK*
How timely - more SPCA lies about the Violence Link Project just arrived
Whoever Val McWillims is, she has obviously never checked her "facts" nor has she or anyone she knows, ever had to beg the SPCA for help
I submitted my name as a volunteer willing to provide foster care for pets of families fleeing violent situations. As of today,I have not received one call
Victimized women and children do not deserve to be further victimized by "spin-doctored" propaganda
Powell River SPCA fosters pets of violence victims *LINK*

Cheech fallout! New group aims for Delta SPCA contract
They have a good idea and our organization supports them
More misinformation about DTA4 from Lorie Chortyk

Feral Cats and SPCA Shelter Overpopulation
Many of us spent hours in meetings with the BC SPCA and the Community Consultation is the best example
SPCA spin doctors are now trying to bamboozle their own staff, volunteers, the media and the donating public into believing their alleged scientific assessment tool is a good thing
Saltspring Island's SPCA joins the crowd

"Women, (and pirates and dogs)" Who Steal Dogs! *LINK* *PIC*
I say....You Go Girls!

Urban Barkery fundraiser for AAS *PIC*
Prince George Citizen: SPCA Overwhelmed More Animals Being Destroyed
Prince George Citizen: Shelter hopes fundraiser more popular
Letter to Prince George Citizen: Does the SPCA spay/neuter all the animals they adopt out PRIOR to them leaving the SPCA? The answer is NO
SPCA still prefers to kill animals than shut off the supply. The juxtaposition of these two articles shows why
I picked up a mom and kittens off the side of the road and out of my own pocket, spayed and neutered everyone recently
Prince George SPCA won't let any dog rescue groups save lives
How do they justify ANY dogs being adopted at Prince George in that case?

Vancouver Sun: Surrey RCMP shoot tethered dog
This is not the first time or even the second: Remember Tommy? *PIC*
We doubt that any municipality would permit the tethering of any other animal
Surrey Now: Owner admits his dog is chained 24/7
Bone is the perfect name for a dog that belongs to a bonehead

Province Newspaper: SPCA losing contracts, while fighting bad press
One day the SPCA has stats...the next it doesn't. How long will the media let the SPCA get away with this?
Letter to the Editor: There is no longer a need for the SPCA
Letter to the Editor:

Post removed *NM* *LINK*
Read AAS's "Women Who Steal Dogs web page *LINK* *PIC*
I am asking, once again, that the BC SPCA live up to it's own "Animal Care Guidelines", including the "Five Freedoms"
THE "CHEECH" SOLUTION: Time to start rescuing more dogs from more SPCAs *LINK*
Thank you so much for your courageous call to action!
I live up North
Why has it come to this?

Another day...another dollar...another dead dog *PIC*
Crack down on all these backyard breeders of big crosses
SPCA leaves 20 dogs in the deplorable conditions that they took the better dogs from *LINK* *PIC*
Mandy was totally kid proof and I never saw any aggression toward anyone

SPCA P.R. grandstanding about help for feral cats
It is about time the public knew what our S.P.C.A. doesn't do
Nineteen cats? Once a year? The smallest of real rescue Societies do better than that
The SPCA is unwilling to work with us in any way - although they tell the public they work with rescue groups

Roanie the Dalmatian: What happened to his $6,000? *PIC*
Roanie's SPCA P.R. blitz, begging for money: Delta Optimist
Roanie's SPCA P.R.
Cheech and Roanie - an instructive comparison *PIC*

Vancouver Courier: Aug 4/04: Euthanasia necessary part of life at SPCA
When it suits them, the SPCA says it has no euthanasia statistics. And when it suits them, suddenly it produces some
Coquitam Now: Aug 4/04: Cat's meow at the Coquitlam shelter
AAS interview with Cal Martin, Coquitlam Animal Shelter Manager
Surrey Now: Aug 4/04: SPCA in danger of losing city contract
Sorry Ms. Chortyk, every no-kill shelter DOES NOT MAKE exactly the same decisions about temperament and medical euthanasia

SPCAs: one's as bad as another: Saskatoon
Sea lice and open netcage salmon farms *LINK*
This tells one more about the CKC than it does Wynmast Kennels
The Violence Link Project: VanCity Newsletter Spring 2003 *LINK*
Re: The Violence Link Project: VanCity Newsletter Spring 2003
Salt Spring Island SPCA won't even foster a cat

Tina the elephant's final days in Tennessee *PIC*
In response to "SPCA attempts to off-load animals to the small, private rescue groups"
Over time we will see the SPCA doing less and less

Kamloops seizure of mastiff dogs from Barriere breeder *LINK*
SPCA press release: Kamloops seizure of mastiff dogs from Barriere breeder *LINK*
The SPCA's own photos #1 *PIC*
The SPCA's own photos: #2 *NM* *PIC*
The SPCA's own photos: #3 *LINK* *PIC*
The SPCA's own photos: #4 *NM* *PIC*
The SPCA's own photos: #5 *NM* *PIC*
Why wasn't this dog seized from another breeder? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo A *PIC*
Why wasn't this dog seized from another breeder? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo BPhoto B *NM* *PIC*
Why wasn't this dog seized from another breeder? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo C *NM* *PIC*
Why wasn't this dog seized from another breeder?? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo D *NM* *PIC*
Sophie: Why wasn't she seized? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo E *NM* *PIC*
Why wasn't this dog seized? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo F *NM* *PIC*
Why wasn't this dog seized? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo G *NM* *PIC*
Why wasn't this dog seized? Why weren't her owners charged? Photo H *NM* *PIC*
PCA Act and SPCA Branch Operations Manual does not permit seizure for faciltiy conditions
The Rule of Law: We suspect that the SPCA is in the control of the wrong people and no civil society should be glad of that
Forgetting the lesson of Forgotten Felines *LINK*
This is proof that seizures are not animal welfare *LINK* *PIC*
Mastiff seizure: CFJC TV NEWS
I believe the BC SPCA needs to adopt a standard of care and make it well-known to all those who should be using it *LINK*
"The SPCA should have offered to work with Peiper, not against him, that is its mandate. And it is the responsible way to deal with this situation."

Athens dog poisonings segment on CKNW: Audio archives, comments and highly-placed lies
Does the SPCA think they're CSIS?: Why is DTA4 a secret?
"Dani": The "good gal's" science and the 'bad gal's" sales

Orca born on Vancouver Island slams trainer during public show: One for the Orcas!
Windsor Ontario moves to ban specific dog breeds *PIC*
SPCA quickie solution to feral cats is to kill them all, then call this "animal welfare"
BC SPCA Operational Bulletin #12A: Feral Cats, Neuter and Release Programs
SPCA policy lies: Killing is the only solution: We are kinder than you are when we kill by the gross
Lykkemark still doesn't know why there are so many kittens at this time of year?
Say, what does the S.P.C.A. do?
Money, money, money...but where does it go?
No feral cat program is the answer to Ms. Lykkemark's question.
If you really cared about animals, you can never put into its healthy body a fatal injection

Craig Daniell's boss = the B.C. SPCA's Board of Directors. Be sure to write them first and cc to Craig Daniell.
People and their killer dogs: Stanley Coren on CFAX 1070 A.M : today at 4:35 *LINK*
Professor Stanley Coren just blew a big hole in the SPCA's dog temperament test
My favourite part was....
"Dani": The "good gal's" science and the 'bad gal's" sales
SPCA dog test is deadly to dogs and kids! Vernon SPCA sold a dangerous dog too

Stonewalled by the Saltspring SPCA because I "ask questions that no-one wants to answer."
GVAC ends long-time relationship with the BC SPCA
Big Heart Rescue Society refuses to associate with the BC SPCA
Our letter to the BC SPCA Ethics Committee answered
This will probably be as effective as the RCMP investigating their own officers
The BC SPCA Management constantly seems to forget that it is a CHARITY, not some big private corporation
I think the Victoria SPCA might just as well close its doors - it is no longer useful
I work at the Victoria shelter and I find great purpose in my job of caring
We suspect you may not have been there long enough to get sick of the treadmill of animals in and animals out
I will NOT be part of the BCSPCA's justification for Nadine Gourkow, and her fellow terminators to "KILL" these animals that are completely helpless
Victoria News and the Saanich News: SPCA canines secretly profiled
Gourkow's statements defy logic

Stop the Olympics dog slaughter event in Greece!
More Cheech fallout: Delta council mad at the SPCA
Re: More Cheech fallout: Delta council mad at the SPCA

Tina the elephant dies at Tennessee Sanctuary *PIC*
SPCA BoD and CEO Daniell breach Code of Ethics
It is through posts such as yours that everyone gains information and insight
SPCA Code of Ethics: April 2004

SPCA MAKES DECISION TO KILL DOG IN 20 MINUTES; NO ASSESSMENT, NO SURRENDER PAPERS SIGNED
Kelowna SPCA, DTA4, and Brodie

Yikes - the nerve!....they don't even spay or neuter all their own animals!
Setting an example for all those "irresponsible people" to follow

Poor Little Rich Dog: Ernie is healthy, wealthy, and abused
Illegal seizures: the cat is out of the bag...or the horse is out of the barn
SPCA makes illegal seizures: Legal opinion and Regina vs Ann Brown *LINK* *PIC*

Saltspring Island SPCA no longer will help women escaping violence *LINK*
SPCA's Violence Link Project: More proof that it is a scam
The BC SPCA fails animals and victims of violence when the hand it claims to extend is actually a closed fist *LINK* *PIC*

Big Heart Rescue: Ms. Gourkow treated the rescue groups and members of the public in an appalling manner
I resigned from the Victoria CAC because I would not support a Society that would chose to put a band-aid solution in place and kill healthy animals
Killing using Camp: Ms Gourkow...go away
Gourkow and the Animal Welfare program at UCC *LINK*
Re: Gourkow and the Animal Welfare program at UCC *LINK*
Correction re Pat Cutler
Six reasonable questions re DTA 4
Victoria SPCA attempts to off-load all the work and expense of animal welfare onto the little groups
Refusing to accept hard to sell animals and off-loading them onto the little groups
A letter to Victoria SPCA manager, Valerie Lykkemark: Cease and desist telling needy people that VCRCS is YOUR community resource!
In response to "SPCA attempts to off-load animals to the small, private rescue groups"

Eddy's Happy Ending *LINK* *PIC*
I Shot the Mad Cow
Delta Council to Review SPCA Contract
Delta Can't ask the SPCA to be "No-Kill" if it Still Uses it as Dog Control

Elephant Sanctuary needs help saving 6 more elephants *PIC*
BC SPCA Public Forum, "Shelter Animal Management Practices": Victoria, July 12/04: Explaining the indefensible
The Mad Hatter's Tea Party should have been held on the lawn of the Empress Hotel
Part of the plan seems to be to off-load the ethical and financial expense of hard to sell dogs onto real animal welfarists
The BCSPCA Says That it is THE Animal Welfare Agency in the Province - I Say It's Time it Started Acting Like One.
How Many Dogs Must Die Before the BCSPCA Starts Listening to Rescue Groups?

The game is over. There is no more game to play. It is time for the truth to be told *LINK* *PIC*
Why would the $PCA want to euthanize a completely healthy dog like Cheech?
Well now there's a solution for the abused women of BC! *LINK*

The SPCA's hair is on fire again! Or is it its pants? Cheech's own SPCA assessment and video says BOTH! *LINK*
The SPCA's written assessment *NM* *LINK*

"awwww....come on Craig. Come out and I promise I'll play nice." *NM* *PIC*
Update from Cheech's foster mom: July 11, 2004

SAGE Transition House on the North Shore accepts pets with women fleeing violence, but no help from the SPCA
The SPCA's Violence Link Project exposed as non-existent except as p.r !

Celebrity chefs Rick Moonen and Jamie Kennedy visit the west coast to examine fish farms
SAGE Transition House on the North Shore accepts pets with women fleeing violence
The SPCA proves daily that it is NOT about animal welfare *LINK*
Spay and Neuter is Animal Welfare
SPCA board member stated publically the Kamloops SPCA euthanizes for space
BC SPCA Community Consultation Summary Report recommends stronger s/n programs

Hey Mr Daniell...I WON! *PIC*
What a great way to start the day!!!
Thank YOU Cheech

After saying that Cheech lunges at children's throats, the SPCA's spinmistress may have spun herself right out the door
The SPCA's "DREAM TEAM"
The SPCA still sells plenty of dangerous dogs: how "responsible" is that Daniell and Gourkow and Chortyk? *PIC*
Leo was so dangerous that his owners had to euthanize him *LINK*
Buddy's two cell friends at the BCSPCA Kelowna Branch with "safety restrictions". *LINK* *PIC*
Are we in Kansas yet?

The Province: Animal group wants second test, reprieve for Cheech *LINK* *PIC*
Animal rights groups and members of the public call for an end to cruelty at the Cloverdale Rodeo
AAS's address to Surrey council on July 5/04
The good District of North Vancouver "Animals in Performance" bylaw
The bad Surrey "Exotic Animals in Performance" bylaw
Emma Vandewetering's address to Surrey council
Bruce Hillaby of Horsefly is bang on!

Having the time of my life! *LINK* *PIC*
Hey I Was on TV Again!
Dont ever let them find you you deserve what you have now not what the SPCA was going to do to you
Cheech, I have been following your story *LINK*
Hey Cheech, so glad to hear from you!! The scariest time of all is when The Wardens come to take one or more of us away
I miss you Cheech but glad you are safe
BB sent the cheese twists you love

So what did Nadine learn in the U.K that we couldn't/wouldn't teach her here - more reasons to kill our feral cats?
Vancouver Sun: Barbara Yaffe: Cheech the pup *LINK* *PIC*
Nadine Gourkow...she's like a trained parrot
Gourkow is admitting that the tests can be manipulated by someone who knows how to trigger a dog

Tonight: CTV 9 and Global 11
Global story *LINK* *PIC*
CTV story *LINK* *PIC*

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - CHEECH - THE DOG WHO GOT AWAY! VIDEO, PHOTOS, AAS's ASSESSMENT
AAS on Rafe Mair: AM 600. Tuesday at 10:00 am *NM*
I say, well and thoroughly done as usual!

CAMP - DTA4 in Victoria: No stated goals met except the deaths of dogs
ADMIN! As a former volunteer for the SPCA for 3 years I was privy to a lot of inside information and occurrences, and what I saw happening was appalling
PROTEST CAMP PHASE 2: at the Victoria SPCA: Monday, June 5th 9:00 to Noon
Perfect Dogs Do Not End Up At The SPCA

CTV NEWS at 6:00: Shows that the SPCA's 'assessments tests" are hogwash and the SPCA uses double-speak
Terra Vallely's Letter to the SPCA Board of Directors

Letter to the SPCA Board: BHR will not work with the SPCA until it meets certain standards
What became of the abused, ill, and neglected dogs the SPCA ignored?

Reptile sale and show in Abbotsford
reply from CityTV
Friday's Breakfast TV show for the Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society

Chortyk's nose must go from here to Timbuktu by now
Lorie Chortyk Wins Prestigious Award
As a member of IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) we signed an oath *LINK*

The duty to disobey bad law - when the law 'is a ass'..
Felicity's Happy Ending - another sick cat saved from the SPCA *LINK* *PIC*
"CAMP Scientists" Gourkow and Ledger are guest speakers at upcoming Let-Live conference
Conference Postponed
I have the utmost respect and admiration for all who came forward and spoke with honesty and integrity
The "CAMP Scientists" will have their hour of fame *LINK* *PIC*
How absolutely ironic that Gourkow, who supports killing Cheech, would be speaking at a "Let Live" conference!! *NM*

South Delta Leader: June 25/04: I took Cheech *PIC*
Vote in the poll
Leader: June 27/04: SPCA assessor says Cheech was trainable: SPCA uses "The 3rd Test" scam

The cracks are beginning to appear: SPCA Director Gregg resigns
The irony of Craig Daniell's words
Long-time Director Howard Gray resigns

CTV News at 6: June 24/04: SPCA's "assessments" exposed for what they are - frauds
The BC SPCA Knows No Compassion
Bear's Happy Ending *LINK* *PIC*
Chortyk Replies to Lana Simon
Lana Simon Rebuts Chortyk's Response

DELTA OPTIMIST: June 23/04: Dog can be tamed, supporters say *PIC*
Naherniak contradicts Chortyk

Surrey Leader: June 23/04: 'Cheech' case prompts call for review of SPCA article
Please write and thank Delta Councillor Robert Campbell
AAS letter to Mayor Jackson and Councillor Robert Campbell
Letter from Donna Toews
Letter from Lana Simon
Letter from Carol sonnex

Chortyk on Cheech's "attacks"
Frank Greenfield only gave Cheech to the SPCA after they promised not to hurt his puppy
Chortyk the cat-lover
If they aren't "disposable" then why does the SPCA continue to accept them from those who are "disposing" of them?

Kirsten McConnell on Amanda Muir
Mad scientists and the SPCA
There was never any confidence in the decision makers of the BC SPCA, even from its own front line staff!

Chortyk is disgustingly and unethically invoking the name of a savaged and scarred child
Where did the missing $6,000 go? Was killing a "hard to sell" pup a bottom-line decision?
We have to break the Code of Silence
What happens to SPCA employees who speak out?

The RSPCA test that the SPCA falsely claims to have used on Cheech *LINK*
The SPCA's Spinmistress reveals the SPCA's spin on this: We're all "emotional" and the SPCA is "morally responsible"
Rebuttal: Chortyk is disgustingly and unethically invoking the name of a savaged and scarred child

Letter to Province columnist Mike Roberts
Letter to Sun reporter Amy O'Brian

CEO, board of directors and any management who is involved in this fiasco should be fired or resign immediately
LETTER: Louise Bryce
I am truly amazed that the present BoD is not stepping in to put an end to the obvious lying of the BC SPCA
CAMP doesn't work and the SPCA is in financial ruins

THE CHEECH STORY IN THE MEDIA
THE NOW: March 11/04: Looking for love in the wrong place *LINK* *PIC*
THE SUN: June 19/04: Police search for dog set free by SPCA workers:REBUTTAL
LETTER: We fully support Amanda Muir's actions in hiding this dog
LETTER; I have been a regular donor to the SPCA for years and I think is about time you got some new judges
They wanted him dead right away. "You guys are monsters!"
SOUTH DELTA LEADER: June 18/04: SPCA staff 'rescue' dog slated to die
GLOBAL NOON NEWS: June 19/04: The Rally for Cheech
CTV NEWS AT 6: June 19/04: The Rally for Cheech
GLOBAL NEWS AT 6: June 19/04: The Rally for Cheech
REBUTTAL: GLOBAL NEWS AT 6: June 19/04
THE PROVINCE: June 20/04: Death-row doggie spirited from his cell
LETTER: How can you charge a person with "dog theft" of the very dog you want killed?
The underground Rottweiler railroad
CTV NEWS AT 6: June 16/04
CTV NEWS AT 6: June 17/04
REBUTTAL: CTV News at 6pm June 17/04
THE PROVINCE: June 18/04: SPCA volunteer on run with abused Rottweiler
VANCOUVER SUN: June 21/04: Group rallies in support of suspended workers
Shame on you Ms. Chortyk!!! No analogy could be further from the truth. Shame! shame!
SURREY LEADER: June 22/04: SPCA "Dognappers" *PIC*
Rebuttal: SPCA Lies about how many tests Cheech was given
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