Crown approves charge after chinchilla starved to death
November 26, 2009
A Victoria woman whose chinchilla starved to death has been charged with animal cruelty.
Robyn Louise MacMillan has been charged under both the Criminal Code and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after two chinchillas and a cat were left without food and water for at least 17 days. One of the chinchillas died just hours after it was discovered by MacMillan’s landlord and taken into custody by the BC SPCA.
The BC SPCA is a non-profit organization funded primarily by public donations. Our mission is to prevent cruelty and to promote the welfare of animals through a wide range of services, including cruelty investigations, emergency rescue and treatment, sheltering and adoption of homeless and abused animals, humane education, advocacy, farm animal welfare, spay/neuter programs, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.
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