The BC SPCA has 456 staff members (full-time, part-time and auxiliary) and nearly 4,000 volunteers throughout the province.

Our staff includes 26 full-time Special Provincial Constables, who are trained and authorized to investigate complaints of animal cruelty and neglect. Thirteen additional constables work in branches full-time and assist with investigations in their communities. 
 

In 2012 the BC SPCA:

• Operated 30 animal shelters, two education and adoption centres, one store-front adoption facility, three volunteer-run branches without facilities and Wild ARC, a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Metchosin on Vancouver Island;

• Rescued 28,973 injured, homeless, neglected and abused animals (companion, farm and wild);

• Reunited 4,477 lost animals (including 3,464 dogs, 953 cats and 11 rabbits) with their anxious families;

• Transported 3,681 animals between shelters to maximize adoption;

• Found new, loving families for 16,363 homeless animals (3,046 dogs, 1,557 puppies, 5,252 cats, 5,348 kittens, 285 rabbits, 839 small animals);

• Helped 2,464 injured and orphaned wild animals (1,729 birds, 729 mammals, four reptiles and two amphibians) at Wild ARC, the BC SPCA's wildlife rehabilitation centre in Metchosin on Vancouver Island;

• Conducted 6,042 new cruelty investigations;

• Removed 869 animals from dangerous or neglectful situations through formal cruelty investigations;

• Executed 85 warrants under the Criminal Code of Canada, the PCA Act and the Offense Act;

• Submitted 43 charges of animal cruelty and neglect to Crown Counsel;

• Offered humane education programs for thousands of children through 300 school presentations and school-based animal clubs, offered summer camps for more than 1,000 children, engaged with more than 5,000 youth through the BC SPCA Kids Clubs and provided lesson ideas and resources to 2,500 educators through our e-teacher newsletter;

• Provided nearly $2 million for a wide range of programs to reduce pet overpopulation. Activities included 7,134 free and low-cost spay/neuter operations at the BC SPCA Vancouver animal hospital and BC SPCA spay/neuter clinics in Prince George and Kamloops, and low-cost spay/neuter funds administered by SPCA branches across the province. The society also maintained its goal of 100% pre-adoption spay/neuter of dogs, cats and rabbits in all of its branches in 2012.

• Helped thousands of injured homeless animals through the BC SPCA animal hospital in Vancouver. The hospital offer full-service medical care, as well as low-cost spay/neuter and extensive charitable work for low-income pet guardians and local animal rescue groups. The hospital also assisted more than 5,000 low-income pet guardians through a weekly pet food bank and 15 free outpatient veterinary clinics in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside;

Through its 42 locations around BC, the BC SPCA  provides a wide range of services and programs to help nearly 29,000 animals in distress and need each year. Your gift can help give a homeless, injured or abused animal a second chance. Please donate today.