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November 2013
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Careers Helping Critters

Do you want to help animals when you grow up? There are lots of different things you can do! Here are just a few of the jobs you can get working directly with animals:


Animal shelter worker: Help the most vulnerable animals. Care for pets who have been abandoned, abused, injured or lost and adopt them into loving homes.

Veternarian

Veterinarian: Be a doctor for sick or injured animals. Examine pets, prescribe medicine, perform surgeries and spay and neuter animals to help prevent pet overpopulation.

Dog trainer

Dog trainer: Teach dogs good manners. Use positive reinforcement (giving rewards for good behaviour) to provide basic training to dogs, and work with their guardians, too!

Wildlife rehabilitator

Wildlife rehabilitator: Give injured and orphaned wild animals a second chance. Treat their injuries, teach them the skills they need to survive in the wild and release them back into their natural habitat.

Animal protection officer

Animal protection officer: Investigate cases of cruelty and neglect, educate people about treating animals humanely and remove animals from dangerous situations.

Did you know… Some BC SPCA branches are holding Careers Helping Critters youth workshops this month. Learn all about the many jobs that help animals and practice being a vet, dog trainer or zoologist! 

Visit our website to get details on all November youth workshops and to register.

Remember, BC SPCA Kids Club members receive a special discount for all our workshops. Not a member? Sign up today!


Remembering Animal HeroesEach year on November 11, we observe Remembrance Day. This important day is about honouring the brave men and women who have sacrificed during times of war. Did you know that millions of animals have also served? Here are the stories of three individual animals awarded the Dickin Medal, which is the highest honour a war animal can receive:

Gustav, a pigeon who served during the Second World War, was the first to deliver word to the British mainland about the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. Gustav flew for five hours and sixteen minutes to deliver the message.

Olga, a horse who served with the police in London during World War II, was awarded the Dickin Medal for her role in assisting rescue operations and controlling traffic after a bombing.

Gander, a Newfoundland dog who served with the Royal Rifles, saved the lives of Canadian infantrymen three times during a battle in Hong Kong in 1941.

This month, as a THANK YOU to BC SPCA Kids Club members, we’re holding a prize draw! Two lucky winners will receive an Orca Books prize package, donated by Orca Book Publishers.

Prize

How to enter:

Already a Kids Club member? To be entered in the draw, simply email us by November 15 and let us know you’d like your name entered in the Orca Books prize draw.

Not yet a Kids Club member? You still have a chance at a prize! Sign up by November 15 then email us, and you will be entered to win!

We’ve recently updated our High Paws Hall of Fame! Congratulations to all of our new inductees, including these three superstars:

Jaden
Instead of birthday presents for himself, 11-year-old Jaden asked for donations to the SPCA. The result? $150 to help care for animals at the Kamloops SPCA.
Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn met Ferb the ferret at the Abbotsford SPCA, where she donated $24.20 from her lemonade stand, plus a box of cookies for the dogs.
Frances

Instead of a party, birthday girl Frances decided to celebrate by holding a bake sale with friends Liam, Neli, Jonah, Eleanor and Kai. Together this group of super bakers raised $236.52 for the Victoria SPCA, which they delivered to the shelter together.

Furry Friend of the Month

Willow and PeanutNovember’s Furry Friend of the Month is two furry friends – best buddies Willow and Peanut.

Willow and Peanut are a pair of Dachshunds looking for a home together. Willow is very outgoing and playful while Peanut is more of a quiet lapdog. They’re both very sweet, and are staying at the West Vancouver SPCA until they find their forever family!

Please note: Willow and Peanut were available for adoption at the time this article was written, and may have found their forever home since then. Visit the BC SPCA website to discover more furry friends currently looking for homes.

 

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