BEAR SEASON – City promotes special solid-waste containers
April 1 marks the start of Bear Smart season, and the City is reminding residents that unmanaged attractants can unintentionally attract hungry bears into neighbourhoods. [Continue]
Animals
DOG ATTACK – City confirms capture of three dangerous dogs ‘for public safety’
Community services manager Will Beatty today (Sept. 9, 2024) confirmed the capture of three dangerous dogs by community service officers on the weekend. Beatty said the [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Why do we need pit bulls?
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PIT BULL DEFENDERS will, I’m sure, be ready with their usual responses after the weekend report of yet another attack by pit bulls in [Continue]
SUZUKI – For health habitats, leave it to beavers and other animal engineers
BEAVERS HAVE LONG BEEN considered nuisances. They knock down trees and block waterways, often flooding areas where humans live and gather. But recent moves to leave the [Continue]
SPCA – 38 ‘neglected’ dogs removed from Kamloops-area breeder
BC SPCA animal protection officers have removed 10 adult dogs and 28 puppies from a Kamloops-area property. “The miniature dachshunds were living in substandard and [Continue]
SPCA – 17 husky puppies, two adult dogs surrendered from property
The BC SPCA is asking for the public’s help to care for 17 puppies and two adult dogs that were surrendered from a property in the Interior. The SPCA said in a news release [Continue]
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