The Agricultural Land Commission Act defines Agricultural Land Reserve and establishes the Agricultural Land Commission with the purposes to preserve agricultural land, to encourage farming on agricultural land in collaboration with other communities of interest, to encourage local governments, first…
Read More »The purpose of the Agri-Food Choice and Quality Act is to allow a person engaged in the food industry or the agricultural product industry to obtain certification that the agri-food product they produce or the practices they follow in the…
Read More »The Guide Animal Regulation authorizes the certification of a guide dog if the dog has been trained in a prescribed facility. The enabling statute for the Regulations is the Guide Animal Act, RSBC 1996, c 177.
Read More »The Sled Dog Standards of Care Regulation establishes standards of care relating to the keeping, caring, health, breeding, working, transportation, and killing of sled dogs in the industry. The Regulation establishes detailed standard of care in the keeping and caring…
Read More »The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulation prescribes the form of “Information to Obtain a Search Warrant” and the form of “Warrant to Search” for the purposes of section 13 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, RSBC 1996, c…
Read More »The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act establishes the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, granting the Society the authority necessary to govern its affairs. The Act grants inspection and enforcement authority to named agents and…
Read More »Application for the return of a dog from the applicant’s ex-partner. The Court determined that they have jurisdiction to order the return of a dog, as a dog is considered property. In allowing the application, the Court held that monetary…
Read More »The University of Victoria filed an application to set aside an injunction prohibiting the University from euthanizing rabbits on campus. The University wished to resume killing the rabbits in response to their problematic rabbit population. Prior to the injunction, the…
Read More »Motion by the Plaintiff for the return of her horses that were seized by the BC SPCA. The SPCA sought to keep the horses, pending the result of animal cruelty charges laid under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.…
Read More »In response to a complaint, the SPCA discovered a dog in a dumpster, wrapped in a plastic bag. A veterinary examination established that the dog was suffering from acute medical conditions from being left in the dumpster as well as…
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