Animals

SPCA – 17 husky puppies, two adult dogs surrendered from property

December 27, 2019 // 2 Comments

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]

LETTER – ‘Wolf whacking’ contest is about controlling predator populations

March 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

Re: EDITORIAL – ‘Wolf whacking and other wars on predators should be banned’ Although it may seem that this contest is just an excuse to go out killing for [Continue]

EDITORIAL – The time has come for the mandatory licensing of cats

December 13, 2018 // 9 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SOMETIMES THE MOST seemingly uncontroversial things can become contentious. The City of Kamloops announced this week a new online process [Continue]

EDITORIAL – We could stop the annual deer slaughter if we wanted to

November 1, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ANNUAL DEER SLAUGHTER is underway. I don’t mean the guns of autumn. I’m talking about the carnage on our rural roads. This is a [Continue]

LETTER – It’s time we changed the laws on where dogs are allowed

January 4, 2018 // 2 Comments

First of all a big THANK YOU for the video on allowing dogs in restaurants (Armchair Mayor editorial). It was as if you took the words out of my mouth. I had actually [Continue]

LEST WE FORGET – Millions of animals have served in times of war

November 11, 2017 // 2 Comments

The BC SPCA reminds us that, in addition to the men and women who have risked or lost their lives in times of war, millions of war animals have made contributions and [Continue]