Yes - still - even after BC SPCA Craig Daniell wrote a report on tethering for the Board of Directors in March 2003 in which he said, "the BC SPCA has taken the position that the tethering of a dog on a permanent basis is an unacceptable method of restraining that animal....The question of tethering is one such area where the Society can and has already committed itself to playing a more proactive enforcement role. Such an approach will allow the Society to achieve the goals set out in the strategic plan without incurring large additional financial resources."

But he also wrote, "Any plan that requires a stronger approach than that suggested in the report will require the addition of significant additional staffing resources as well as an increase in the ability to house additional animals."

After writing the report, this dog was reported to the SPCA. When the improvements the SPCA promised would be made to the pen it was kept in were not made, a City of Vancouver employee stole the dog.