Animal Cruelty Charges

• B.C. woman alleged to have handled babies at hospital has past animal cruelty conviction

  A B.C. woman sentenced to probation in 2016 for the violent kidnap of a family's Labrador retriever now faces assault charges for entering a Surrey hospital and picking up babies.

  Crime

  Nov 29, 2025
  
• Dog spotted in crate strapped to back of RV in B.C. heat wave seized by SPCA

  The BC SPCA said Friday the RCMP was able to trace the owner of the dog and were successful in getting a warrant to seize the animal. It was taken into custody Wednesday.

  Crime

  Jul 2, 2021
  
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• Alberta woman found not guilty of animal cruelty in 2018 case involving horses

  An Alberta woman accused of crimes in connection with an investigation into the treatment of horses was found not guilty of several animal cruelty charges on Wednesday.

  Crime

  Nov 4, 2020
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• Okanagan rancher facing animal cruelty charges has bail conditions relaxed

  However, the rancher's bid for the return of some of her horses has faltered.

  Crime

  Aug 16, 2019
• Okanagan rancher facing animal cruelty charges fights for horses

  "The fact that horses and pigs died of starvation and were simply left on this property cannon be ignored," the review board wrote in its decision.

  Jun 11, 2019
• Parkland County woman Patricia Moore charged with alleged mistreatment of horses

  Patricia Lynn Moore was arrested and charged with three counts of permitting and/or causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to animals, according to an RCMP release.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2019
• Police find 44 dead dogs in woman’s freezer, 130 more living in ‘deplorable, inhumane’ conditions

  Authorities noted four dogs were found in critical condition and were rushed to an emergency vet clinic.

  Crime

  Nov 14, 2018
• Charges stayed in animal cruelty case against Mission ‘Reptile Guy’

  Two counts of animal cruelty have been dropped in the case of Michael Hopcraft, the "Reptile Guy."

  Oct 25, 2018
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• Williams Lake man facing 2 animal cruelty charges over 46 neglected dogs

  The BC SPCA seized the animals from Terry Baker in February, which include American Eskimo, border collie, husky and Samoyed breeds.

  Crime

  Jul 4, 2018
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• $1k fine, 10 year ban on owning animals after dogs found emaciated, covered in own feces in Penticton

  Fine and ban on owning animals for Penticton woman who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty.

  Apr 26, 2018