Tell the BC SPCA Board of Directors that you expect it to enforce it's own guidelines re cosmetic mutilation among its animal-breeding employees. The manager of the Salmon Arm SPCA breeds several breeds of dogs and horses, making her some authorities definition of a puppymiller (read details in the link below http://www.animaladvocates.com/cgi/messageboard.pl/read/1043. Tell the SPCA that you think it is a conflict of interest for employees to breed and sell animals while thousands of excess are being killed - many by the SPCA itself (see details: Feeding your own industry - day job pays to dispose of excess animals, side job pays to breed more, http://www.animaladvocates.com/spca-breeds.htm)