Working Together To Build The Best Life for our animals
The fastest growing non-profit, incorporated public and member funded society in the Province
Campaigns for people with pets and their wellbeing
BC SPGA campaigns for a pet-friendly British Columbia.
Making a difference 🐾
At BC SPGA, everyone is a volunteer with a big Heart 💖
Connect with BC Animal Lovers!
BC SPGA's Meet 'N Greet online social platform
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Meet 'N Greet brings together passionate animal lovers from across BC, creating a space where you can share stories, swap pet care tips, and make new friends who share your love for furry, feathered, and scaly companions. Join Meet n Greet today and start connecting with your new fur-family! 🐶🐱🐰 more info
Animals are waiting to meet you!
See our list of compassionate NO-kill rescues more info -
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🐶 Affordable online training sessions from the comfort of your home 🏠
🐕 BC SPGA helping people with pets 🐶
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Top Stories
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Wanted animals belong with their families and loved ones.
Times can be difficult, that is no reason to take people's pets.
51 community letters of support and 165 acres for the dogs
made no difference
No return to her owner for Zeva
BC SPCA sold Dale's dog of many years
The dogs owner goes public to get them back from the BC SPCA and succeeds
Elisabeth's kindness punished for helping stray and feral cats in freezing weather
The BC SPGA has an Information and Support Section for the grief stricken pet guardians who have forever lost a pet to the private charity's animal policing actions.
The BC Pet Bonus and Provincial Tax Credits campaign
UNITE TO HELP ANIMALS
BC
Minister Christine Boyle replaces Housing Minister Kahlon
UNITE TO HELP ANIMALS
Report brings animal policing one step closer to
provincial animal policing
BC Farm Report
Popular with people with pets even though BC Finance Minister says "NO"
Email BC Premier Eby
🐾 Calling all animal lovers! Your voice matters
People with pets in BC contribute significantly to the provincial economy.
As voters,
the public with pets have a significant impact yet no say in animal issues that affect our daily lives.
BC People With Pets Survey
(Gmail address required) Take just 1 minute and make a difference for our furry friends. 🐶🐱
BC Animal Policing Survey
(Email address required) Only 1 question makes a difference for our furry friends. 🐶🐱
🐾 Be the Voice 🐶🐱 Unleash your inner animal activist! 🐾✊
BC SPGA campaigns
Whether it's through volunteering, donating, or spreading awareness, every action counts.
Campaign for Animal Policing Reform
The reality is that people with pets in BC are subjected to an overwhelming level of scrutiny and policing at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to tax payers.
In 2023, British Columbia recorded a total of 393,928 Criminal Code offenses. Of these, only 21 offenses were related to animal cruelty. That’s just 0.005% of all offenses and over half of the population have pets and animals! It raises an important question: Why is the Province paying hundreds of millions for over-policing people with pets?
People with pets are policed by the Province's 161 municipalities, the RCMP, the Surrey Police Services (SPS), the BC SPCA, the BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, the BC Agricultural Ministry, with the 2nd tier of policing administered by a Tribunal and the Courts.
The overlap and duplication of animal enforcement by the authorities result in a financial burden to the taxpayer costing many hundreds of millions.
The Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act released their findings in 2022 and recommend provincially managed policing due overlapping police services and the potential savings.
The call for reform is not just about financial efficiency; it’s about fairness for people with pets in British Columbia.
The cost to the public for animal enforcement should be minimal with maximum efficiency.
British Columbians pay for animal enforcement let's have responsible and transparent change that is centralized and managed by the Province in co-operation with over 160 existing municipalities policing..
UNITE TO HELP ANIMALS
Email the Premier, Solicitor General & Finance Minister
In British Columbia's Parliament Buildings, elected officials called Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) meet to shape the future of the province.
Depending on where you live, you can email your MLA directly and if your MLA supports
this initiative please let us know:
Find your MLA name and contact information with your postal code
See a sample email
Campaign
For BC Pet-friendly Tenancies Legislation
End pet and animal discrimination in BC.
Why should many thousands of innocent dogs, cats, rabbits, reptiles and birds die because there is no place for them?
Many British Columbians would have an animal family member if they could find affordable pet-friendly housing.
We need your support to remind Premier Eby to make true his re-election promise to enact a policy that aims to ensure that landlords cannot deny housing to tenants with pets.
Join Us to
permanently end pet families and animal discrimination in our province.
Unleash your inner animal activist! 🐾✊
Email the BC Premier & Housing Minister
Sign online petition
UNITE TO HELP ANIMALS
In British Columbia's Parliament Buildings, elected officials called Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) meet to shape the future of the province.
The Ministers responsible are the MLAs below. If you live in their area, you can also email the MLAs directly:
Vancouver-Point Grey residents, email MLA (BC Premier) Eby or send pre-written email
Vancouver-Little Mountain residents, email MLA (BC Housing Minister) Boyle or send pre-written email
**Find your MLA's email address & a sample letter/email**
Unleash your inner animal activist! 🐾✊
In British Columbia's Parliament Buildings, elected officials called Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) meet to shape the future of the province. The Ministers responsible are the MLAs below. If you live in their area, you can also email the MLAs directly:
Campaign
For A B.C. Pet Bonus and provincial Pet Tax Credits
For British Columbians who love their pets
Surveys show that many people with pets in British Columbia are drowning in debt.
That’s why BC SPGA is championing our provincial government for a
BC Pet Bonus and a province-wide pet expense tax credit:
so every family and individual who shares their home with a pet can finally get some relief.
Unleash your inner animal activist! 🐾✊ Join the Campaign for the BC PET BONUS and that purr-fect provincial Pet Tax Credit! 💰🐶
BC PET BONUS, More Info
BC PET TAX Break, More Info
TAKE CAMPAIGN ACTION!
In British Columbia's Parliament Buildings, elected officials called Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) meet to shape the future of the province.
Depending on where you live, you can email your MLA directly and if your MLA supports
this initiative please let us know:
Find your MLA name and contact information with your postal code
See a sample email
Campaign
For Justice For Animals And People With Pets In Veterinary Care
End the persecution and prosecution of people with pets in veterinary care in BC.
Animals are being seized while in the care and treatment of a licensed veterinarian and the pet owners are prosecuted in the Courts and Tribunal.
The Attorney General Niki Sharma, who is also the Deputy Premier, oversees the administration of the justice system in the province of British Columbia.
People should not have to fear animal enforcement for seeking veterinary care for their pets.
Tell B.C. Attorney General and Deputy Premier, Niki Sharma that it is unfair to prosecute
people who seek or have veterinary care for their pets and to make the laws fair.
Don't wait until this happens to you
Sentencing is stiff for people with animals in the care of a licensed veterinarian and can include imprisonment. Tell the B.C. Attorney General to make the laws fair for people who seek a veterinarian for their animals care.
Veterinary care is expensive and necessary to maintain and treat our animals. People with pets should not be prosecuted for having an animal treated by a veterinarian who has not filed a complaint about the animal or the person with the pet to the animal enforcement authorities.
Email the BC Attorney General Niki Sharma
send a pre-written email
More Information - Justice For Animals
Is Niki Sharma your MLA? People with pets in the electoral district of Vancouver-Hastings can email the MLA directly with your concerns or email our sample email.
