In June, Cover Girl, a one-and-a-half-year-old Miniature Poodle, was brought into the BC SPCA’s Victoria branch with a severely broken leg in need of immediate surgery. She was involved in an accident in her previous home and her family simply could not afford the high cost procedures she required. “Cover Girl came into our care on a Friday” explains Annie Prittie Bell, Branch Manager for The BC SPCA in Victoria, “and she had to be at a specialist by the following Monday, undergoing her first surgery on her leg immediately”. The BC SPCA was looking at over $7,000.00 in medical costs for this sweet pup alone!
Unfortunately, this situation is becoming more common for The BC SPCA. Success with their education and spay and neuter programs have reduced the number of animals coming into The BC SPCA’s care over-all, however many of the animals that are surrendered (or brought in through cruelty investigations) have complicated medical and behavioral issues which require immediate and extremely expensive care. “This trend of rising medical costs for the animals we care for,” explains Mark Takhar, Chief Operations Officer for The BC SPCA, “will only increase in the future.”
Thanks to compassionate donors, The BC SPCA has been able to raise over half the funds needed to pay for Cover Girl’s surgeries, so far. The future looks bright for this pup; she is now almost fully recovered (after weeks of rehabilitation and care to ensure she didn’t cause further injury) and will soon be ready to find her new loving forever home.
You can help The BC SPCA cover the growing costs of care by becoming a Forever Guardian to animals in need, like Cover Girl. By leaving a gift in your will to The BC SPCA you can create a future where all animals receive the medical care they so desperately need, and find a loving forever home.
To find out more about becoming a Forever Guardian for future generations of animals in need, visit: www.foreverguardian.ca, or contact:
Yolanda Benoit,
Senior Manager, Will & Estate Gifts
1-800-665-1868
estates@spca.bc.ca
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