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Kamloops cat rescue finds feral cat full of pellets
Three pellets from a pellet gun were seen in the x-ray of a feral cat…
Wandering wild horses causing concerns for drivers in South Okanagan
Wild horses spotted on Highway 97 in the South Okanagan this winter are making many…
Penticton Indian Band drafting bylaw to deal with problematic free roaming horses
Free roaming horses in the South Okanagan continue to cause problems and the Penticton Indian…
The women who trap, treat and re-home the feral cats of Kamloops
Three women are taking matters into their own hands to reduce the feral cat population…
How you can help feral cats around Kamloops this winter
If you’ve noticed feral cat colonies in your area, here’s what you can do to…
Feral cats of the North Okanagan: “Somebody has to help them”
VERNON - There’s Blackie, and Boots, Tigger One and Tigger Two, and of course Mr. White, a Siamese whose ears are wrinkled by frostbite. They, and the other dozen or so cats make up the band of misfits, just some of the tens of thousands of feral cats in the North Okanagan. They have it...
Kelowna coalition to tackle growing feral cat problem
ESTIMATED 13,000 FERAL CATS IN THE OKANAGAN KELOWNA – Five years after struggling to get control over a wild rabbit problem, Kelowna now faces a population explosion of another feral species. “There’s definitely a feral cat problem in Kelowna,” says Cheryll Gillespie, an animal welfare advocate and one of the founders of a new group...
Wild horse carcass left by South Okanagan roadside for three days
PENTICTON - Last week, a feral horse was struck and killed by a passing motorists and left on the side of the highway for three days just south of Penticton, according to Global Okanagan. The young animal was discovered in the ditch beside Highway 97 Monday afternoon. It had two broken legs. It was later...