Why hasn’t the SPCA ever asked for legislation to prevent the killing and eating of dogs and cats in B.C.? They know this is going on; they’ve had to investigate when horrified neighbours have reported this to them. Other countries have risked offending. Even Russia. But not in B.C. Not even after the public outcry to do something that this story in 1985 raised. The public and the media soon forget. That’s what has protected the SPCA from scrutiny all these years. John van der Hoeven is still, in 2001, the man who decides what cruelty gets investigated and what doesn't even though the BC SPCA has said it will "raise the bar" on prosecutions. And Yes, AAS has been told that dogs are still being eaten in Vancouver. AAS welcomes a diversity of cultural differences as long as they are benign. the SPCA has repeatedly excused cruel cultural practices by using the "cultural differences" taboo, as though there are permitted cultural differences even if they are cruel.