Our Mission:
The BC SPCA is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in British Columbia. Through its 36 branches located around BC and its provincial office in Vancouver, the BC SPCA provides a wide range of services for more than 53,000 homeless, abused, and abandoned animals around the province. The BC SPCA was created under the auspices of the provincial Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and is the only animal welfare organization in BC which has the authority to enforce laws relating to animal cruelty and to prepare cases for Crown Counsel for the prosecution of individuals who inflict suffering on animals.
Our Charter:
The BC SPCA Charter is the foundation that guides the work we do:
Whereas:
The world is inhabited by many species sharing a common ecosystem of air, earth, and water. We recognize and value our interconnectedness with all animals.
Therefore:
The BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for the animals of the world we share.
We pledge our energies to inspire and mobilize society to create a world in which all animals, who depend on humans for their well-being, experience, as a minimum, five essential freedoms:
1. Freedom from hunger and thirst
2. Freedom from pain, injury, and disease
3. Freedom from distress
4. Freedom from discomfort
5. Freedom to express behaviours that promote well-being.
Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.
1205 East 7th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5T 1R1
Create an alert, and we'll notify you every time a new pet comes in who meets your criteria.
The BC SPCA Branch in Vancouver serves Vancouver and surrounding areas of the Lower Mainland.
Additional adoption info
Please note that in many of our provincial shelters renters are required to bring in copies of their strata council by-laws in order to be approved for adopting.
Please contact us at the shelter for any adoption requirements before visiting us to adopt so that you are correctly prepared to take your new family member home.
See our website at www.spca.bc.ca/Vancouver for all of our current adoption prices, hours of operation, etc.
558 Prairie Avenue,
Port Coquitlam,
BC
V3E 0A6
P O Box 803,
Lynden,
WA
98264
Vancouver, BC V6C 2W6
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