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Do the SPCA fine words match its actions?

Posted By: AAS
Date: Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 6:34 a.m.

In Response To: Please honour Gwen by reading her story *LINK* *PIC* (AAS)

This is what the SPCA says: http://www.spca.bc.ca/about/default.asp

Do the SPCA's actions match the SPCA's words? That is one of the essential questions AAS has been asking since our website was created in 2000. We believe that the donating public has a right to know the questions and to hear the answers from the SPCA.

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Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from pain, injury, and disease
Freedom from distress
Freedom from discomfort
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Messages In This Thread

Maple Ridge SPCA buck provincial trend
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:36 a.m.

Is any SPCA no-kill?
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:40 a.m.

The SPCA's list of 56 reasons it can kill for while saying it doesn't kill except to end the suffering of an animal that is 'beyond medical help'
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:52 a.m.

I currently have a cat hanging around my house who meets #21, #13, #25 and #55 on the SPCA's list of 56 reasons to euthanize
Glenda Cosgrove -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 6:24 p.m.

SPCA: #27 - Head trauma and/or #38 - Neurological problems and consequently require #18 - Behavior assessment!
Diane Young -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 6:41 a.m.

I rescued a mother cat and her 3 beautiful kittens and turned them over ...
Carol Johnston -- Friday, 6 February 2009, at 6:08 a.m.

Experiences at the NFLD SPCA raises questions
Kelly Aitken -- Tuesday, 3 March 2009, at 10:37 p.m.

If someone is going to kill them, should that agency be an animal welfare society?
AAS -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 2:34 p.m.

Simple: just be honest and soon there will be nothing to criticize and no more critics to threaten to sue
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:57 a.m.

Why are fewer animals being left at SPCA 'shelters'?
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:19 a.m.

People are trusting the alternatives to the SPCA
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:22 a.m.

Action for Animals in Distress "takes senior cats from shelters like the SPCA where they would normally be euthanized"
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:24 a.m.

Bad personal experiences means more people trust the alternatives to the SPCA
Glenda Cosgrove -- Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 6:45 p.m.

My experience with most of the staff all those years is that they were uncaring and even rude and arrogant
Glenda Cosgrove -- Tuesday, 3 February 2009, at 8:53 a.m.

Hard to choose my favourite reason to kill on the SPCA's list
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:26 a.m.

If goverment had a list like this for humans, think of the money that would be saved
Lucy Cochrane -- Monday, 2 February 2009, at 8:01 a.m.

Same old, same old: #17 'Excessive vocalization'
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:28 a.m.

What reasons on the '56 Reasons' list did the SPCA use to kill Richmond resident Michael Carich's cats? *LINK*
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:45 a.m.

#11 'Declared dangerous' - Raymond's video
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:48 a.m.

This is why some SPCA staff are still stealing animals from SPCAs
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:50 a.m.

I think the public deserves to know so it can decide who to donate to based on true facts
Marilyn Seivers -- Tuesday, 27 January 2009, at 3:23 p.m.

Faith destroyed
Tove Olsen -- Tuesday, 27 January 2009, at 3:18 p.m.

Where I live there is a humane society that is the same as your SPCA
Rosemary Wilson -- Wednesday, 28 January 2009, at 6:25 a.m.

One way to relieve distress is to kill the distressed
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 5:43 a.m.

Re: One way to relieve distress is to kill the distressed *LINK* *PIC*
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 6:07 a.m.

Please honour Gwen by reading her story *LINK* *PIC*
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 6:18 a.m.

Do the SPCA fine words match its actions?
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 6:34 a.m.

Not the case for small animals
Lisa Hutcheon -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 10:21 a.m.

How many of the SPCA's reasons are reasonable?
Carmina Gooch -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 5:37 p.m.

L.A.: Settlement Sets Stricter Rules for Animal Killing at Shelters *LINK*
AAS -- Wednesday, 28 January 2009, at 9:46 a.m.

Shamefully, animal advocates in BC will have to make the BC SPCA limit the reasons it can kill
AAS -- Wednesday, 28 January 2009, at 9:49 a.m.

"Our limited resources are better used in caring for animals than in litigation,"
AAS -- Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 9:06 a.m.