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From: Lorie Chortyk
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: Media Release

For your information, the following news release was sent out the media this morning.

SPCA Seizes Horses and Goats in Kamloops

July 17, 2002. For immediate release. On July 16, the Kamloops SPCA executed a search warrant under the provision of the Prevention of BC Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act and seized five horses and five goats from a property. The animals were found in distress and did not have adequate food, water or shelter. At least one animal requires veterinary care.

The owner of the animals cannot be located. Under the PCA Act the SPCA will provide care for the animals, and find them appropriate homes after the legal 14-day holding period is completed.

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Contact: Cindy Soules, Communications Advisor, BC SPCA, (604) 647-1316,

or Jennifer Gore, Kamloops BC SPCA (250) 376-7723.

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Lorie Chortyk, General Manager, Community Relations
BC SPCA Administration Centre
1245 East 7th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5T 1R1
Ph. 604.647.1316 Fax. 604.681.7022
Cell 604.830.7179
www.spca.bc.ca lchortyk@spca.bc.ca