April is Wildlife Month – and what better
way to celebrate than by learning how you can help create a safer, more humane
environment for the wild animals in your community?
April is also the month we
celebrate our incredible volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Week, April
21-27. Thank you to the nearly 4,000 individuals who give so generously of
their time and energy to give B.C.’s most vulnerable animals a brighter future.
Much appreciation, Lorie Chortyk General Manager, Community Relations
PS. You can multiply your impact! Forward this message to friends, family and colleagues.
The BC SPCA
has launched a new animal abuse hotline to respond to complaints of animal
cruelty and neglect across the province.
Calls to the new toll-free hotline
(1-855-622-7722) are fielded by staff at a Victoria-based BC SPCA Call
Centre and details are dispatched to regionally-based SPCA constables for
investigation.
Watch out for the birds – it’s nesting
season
From mid-April to
June, nesting birds are particularly vulnerable to attacks by predators,
including our cats and dogs.
While off-leash near waterways, where shorebirds
are incubating their eggs, dogs can unintentionally flush birds off their nests
or crush their eggs. Remember to leash your dog when walking near shorebird
habitats and keep cats well supervised or indoors.
Read
our tips for what to do if you find a baby bird.
BC SPCA e-newsletter is wildly fascinating
Where can you learn how to
humanely deter deer, attract bees to your garden and take action for wolves? WildSense
is the BC SPCA’s e-newsletter for wildlife enthusiasts like you.
Read
heart-warming stories of rehabilitated orphaned and injured wild animals. Find
practical tips on co-existing with wildlife in your backyard and take part in
emerging wildlife issues. Sign up
for WildSense today!
Make your pet a star
with the BC SPCA’s annual calendar contest
Our popular Calendar Contest opened on Mar. 20with a rush of entries, but there is still time for your pet to
shine.
It only takes ten minutes to enter and get your social network voting.
So, if you want to give your pet a chance to star in our 2014 calendar, enter
today!
Sign up with a photo and story of your pet(s) and then use your
social network to win donation votes from your friends and family.
Kids can spend a week among animals
Deepen a child’s connection
to animals by signing them up for our much-anticipated “Among Animals” summer
camps.
At camp, they’ll spend a week immersed in all things animals: making
crafts; playing games; creating skits and listening to special guest speakers.
Plus, they’ll make some new two-legged and four-legged friends.
Registration is
now open for the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Check out spca.bc.ca/camp
to find dates, times and locations.
Run for the Animals, for free!
Help abused,
injured and abandoned animals with the Scotiabank Half-Marathon & 5k Group
Charity Challenge on June 23 in Vancouver.
We are offering free entry to this
race, a savings of $70, to the first few runners who contact events@spca.bc.ca. In 2012, our runners raised nearly $10,000 for
animals in need.
Register
todayto be a hero to the animals. There are limited entries, so act now!
Volunteers
honoured
The BC SPCA is celebrating Volunteer
Appreciation Week, April 21-27, with provincewide activities to honour the
4,000 dedicated individuals who donate their time and skills to help animals in
need.
From dog walking and cat care to
fostering and helping with fundraising and community events, our volunteers are
guardian angels who change the lives of thousands of abused, homeless,
neglected and injured animals every year.
Thank you to our amazing volunteers!
Tickets on sale now for the 2013
Lottery...for the Animals
Each year, the lottery funds urgently needed medical care,
cruelty investigations, sheltering, spay and neuter services, adoption and
foster care programs and other services for homeless and abused animals in BC
SPCA shelters across the province.
BC SPCA
spay/neuter grants help B.C. communities combat cat overpopulation
The BC SPCA’s new
Community Cat Spay/Neuter Grant Program will help fifteen municipalities and
non-profit organizations deliver spay and neuter services across British
Columbia.
Grants will support 'trap-neuter-return' programs for feral cats as
well as low-cost spay/neuter of owned cats in these communities.
The program,
funded in part by a BC SPCA donor, will provide up to 1,000 operations and
prevent 5,000 kitten births this year in B.C.
Recognize these bird calls?
With spring underway, brush up on your bird identification skills by visiting
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
website. That way, on your next outing, you can easily recognize the familiar
sounds of a barred owl or chickadee.
The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) is a non-profit organization funded primarily by public donations. Our mission is to protect and enhance the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in British Columbia. BC SPCA Charitable Registration No. BN 11881 9036 RR0001
On behalf of all the animals we care for and protect, thank you for your support.
