Kamloops Spca
How Kamloops residents can help animals in need this holiday season
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. SPCA in Kamloops has two different ways for you to support the shelter and its animals over the holidays. “Not all the animals are going to be adopted in time for Christmas. For the ones who are not adopted, it would be nice if they get something from Santa too,” Lyndsay...
Kamloops SPCA offering ‘brrrs into purrs’ adoption special
KAMLOOPS - If you’ve been thinking of adding to your family, now could be the time. The Kamloops branch of the B.C. SPCA is offering 50 per cent off adoption fees for adult cats now through Nov. 30. The shelter is encouraging adoption as a way to help get more cats out of the cold...
How fostering feral kittens for the Kamloops SPCA gives them a chance at a real home
KAMLOOPS - The phrase ‘labour of love’ pales to describe Valerie Wilson’s commitment to the welfare of animals in Kamloops, even feral cats and kittens. For Wilson, who is an employee at the local SPCA branch and opens up her home to foster animals, their very survival is her responsibility. “You’re saving lives. If you...
Kamloops SPCA needs residents’ help fostering feral kittens
KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops SPCA currently is experiencing an influx of feral kittens and needs the public’s help fostering and resocializing the tiny felines. “It’s vital to catch them at a certain age,” SPCA volunteer Michelle Virdee says adding the cut off age is roughly 12 weeks old. She before the feral kittens can be...
Paws for a Cause set to take over Pioneer Park in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – The single largest event to fight animal cruelty in Kamloops returns in just over a week. Walkers and their pets will pack Pioneer Park for the B.C. SPCA Paws for a Cause Sunday, Sept. 13. The goal for the event this year is the same as last year, $20,000. Last year the shelter fell...
Vehicles damaged at SPCA overnight
KAMLOOPS - The local SPCA has once again been vandalized — this time the windows of shelter vans were smashed. RCMP officers are at the SPCA location on Eighth Avenue to investigate damage to two vehicles. Const. Jason Epp says staff arrived Thursday morning to discover both vans were tampered with overnight. "The suspects possibly...
Kamloops kicking tail in the SPCA City Challenge
KAMLOOPS – Looking to repeat its 2014 win, the Kamloops SPCA has taken the lead on Prince George in the annual City Challenge. Kamloops B.C. SPCA branch manager, Charleen Holloway says with only one more week to go, Kamloops has already raised more than $35,000 to Prince George’s $15,000 to 17,000. “It’s for the animals...
SPCA looking at feral cat fix and release program
KAMLOOPS - Colonies of feral cats run rampant in the Kamloops area and little has been done to control the felines. That could change as a task force applies for grants to trap, spay or neuter, and then release the cats. Without a program in place to spay or neuter, the cats colonies can quickly...
Animal welfare advocate named SPCA volunteer of the year
KAMLOOPS – For more than twenty years, Michelle Virdee has volunteered at the Kamloops B.C. SPCA branch. She has witnessed her share of tragedies and triumphs, all in the name of animal welfare. This week she was acknowledged as B.C. SPCA’s Volunteer of the Year for her dedication not only to the society but to...
Kamloops SPCA prepares for FurBall, City Challenge
KAMLOOPS – May will once again be a busy month for the local B.C. SPCA as it pushes forward with its largest fundraiser of the year — the month-long City Challenge, which will include the second annual FurBall and several other events. The City Challenge will once again pit Kamloops against Prince George, this year...
Tethering a bone of contention for city council
KAMLOOPS - The hows, whens and ifs of tethering dogs took a back seat to whether it would actually change the behaviour of bad dog owners and how much it would cost the city if a bylaw was in place to limit tethering practices. Claudine Sleik sent a letter to council urging for a tethering...
More than 1,000 animals through SPCA doors in 2014
KAMLOOPS - Four weeks of full closures, plus several addition partial closures, 757 animals adopted and a desperate need for a new shelter are key 2014 highlights for the Kamloops SPCA. The year began with a ringworm outbreak that had nine animals under quarantine. The shelter had only just reopened after a massive ringworm outbreak...
“He told me he killed the cat and put it in the dumpster”
KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops man who admitted to strangling his cat for peeing on the floor, was in court today facing several animal cruelty related charges. Steven Seidel, 28, admitted in Kamloops Provincial Court today to strangling his cat, Oreo, on March 14, 2013, out of concern for his pregnant girlfriend. “I just grabbed him...
Seized horses finding new homes, charges recommended against owners
KAMLOOPS — Nearly 40 horses were cared for by local SPCA investigators since October, and many of them have already found new homes. More than a dozen horses were seized by local SPCA cruelty investigators while the remaining horses all came from Okanagan seizures over the winter. “They have been through rehabilitation,” cruelty investigator Kent...
Pup’s surgery is part of the Rocky road
PUPPY WITH STOMACH FULL OF ROCKS SAVED BY SPCA KAMLOOPS — It might seem fitting that Rocky's stomach was filled with rocks, but those rocks are what almost killed the young pup this weekend. The gravel pit in the two-and-a-half month old lab-pit bull cross' stomach has since been removed and the young dog is...