BC SPCA supports crack down on dog and cat breeders
KAMLOOPS — The BC SPCA is applauding Premier Christy Clark’s announcement, to crack down on irresponsible cat and dog breeders.
The Province and the BC SPCA will work closely to develop new laws to monitor all breeders and to take action against irresponsible ones. The move comes on the heels of two high-profile cases where the SPCA raided a pair of Lower Mainland facilities and seized 150 animals. The government will consult with the SPCA on licensing to operate as a breeder, and the new regulations will recognize the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association’s Code of Practice.
“Grooming of the animals, cleanliness of the facility, ventilation and light, those are some of the foremost things. Getting into other one’s that I quite interestingly saw when I came up here in 2003, is to see if they have an emergency plan in place, things like that. When it comes to the breeding, we don’t want to see puppies breeding puppies, and some dogs that are so overbred, they don’t have a good end of life plan or quality of life down the road. So, any improvement in these lines is going to be a good day,” says Cst. Kent Kokoska, BC SPCA Senior Animal Protection Officer.