QUESNEL, B.C. — The SPCA says 16 dogs that were kept in crates too small for their size have been seized from a couple in Quesnel, B.C., who had already been banned from owning animals for 20 years.
The organization’s chief prevention and enforcement officer Marcie Moriarty says Karin and Catherine Adams were convicted of animal cruelty two years ago but were recently found to have kept dogs in a poorly ventilated area, with little or no access to water and with feces and urine-soaked matting.
She says the dogs, including German shepherds, bull terriers, standard poodles and corgi-border collie crosses, are in SPCA shelters and new charges of animal cruelty will be recommended against the Adams.
Moriarty has also announced two charges of animal cruelty against a man who allegedly neglected 46 dogs and puppies that were seized in February from his rural property north of Williams Lake.
She says Terry Baker kept dogs including American Eskimo, border collie, husky and Samoyed breeds, all of which were highly unsocialized and lacked shelter.
Moriarty says several of the dogs were pregnant and gave birth shortly after coming into SPCA care but were too afraid to let staff near them or their puppies though most of them have now been adopted into new homes.