Four replacement animal shelters will help address a deficit of care for abandoned and abused pets, said Premier David Eby.
It’s unclear when British Columbia will get regulations for pet breeders, but in the meantime the provincial government is providing $12 million of new funding to the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to replace four aging or closed animal shelters.
The SPCA has previously claimed the provincial government was ready to form such regulations and licensing for the likes of cat and dog breeders in 2017, when legislation was passed by the former BC Liberal government; however, when the BC NDP formed government following that year’s election, the regulatory work fell to the wayside.
Marcie Moriarty said a “good potential foundation” has been set on regulations and she hopes the government can table regulations as soon as possible. Last March the SPCA went public with a problematic cat breeder in Surrey and took the case to Crown prosecutors. To date, no charges have been laid against the breeder who was alleged to have sold numerous sick kittens.
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