First Adoption Option
Did you know that only 17% of people with pets adopt from the SPCA or other animals shelters?

What Can You Do?

• Tell 10 friends about the animals available at the SPCA. Email them our website address – www.spca.bc.ca.

Cat-trillions of Cats
Did you know that a kitten can have kittens?  One unspayed cat and her offspring can produce up to 450,000 cats in seven years.

What Can You Do?

• Make a poster about the importance of spaying and neutering and then ask a local veterinary clinic if you can post it up in their office.
• Download one of the many print public service announcements (prints PSA's) we have on our website and ask your local veterinary clinic, community centre, and/or animal shelter if you can post it up.  Click here to go to our PSA page.

Good Egg

Did you know that most chickens that lay the eggs we eat never get to go outside?  In fact, over 93% of laying hens live in crowded cages.

What Can You Do?

• Ask you parents to consider buying organic or SPCA Certified eggs so you know that the chickens lay their eggs in nest boxes and don't live in cages.
• Reduce the numbers of eggs you eat by substituting soft tofu or other egg replacements from your grocery store.
• Read about the SPCA Certified program.

Sticks and Stones

Did you know name-calling, talking behind someone's back and ignoring or excluding someone are all forms of bullying?

What Can You Do?

• Don’t stand by and watch when someone is being picked on. Tell the bully to stop or get help from a teacher or other adult.
• Treat others how you would like to be treated.
• Invite someone who is being left out to join you and your friends.

Thera-Pet-ic Animals

Did you know pets provide friendship and promote good health in people?

What Can You Do?

• Take your pet to visit an elderly neighbour or relative, or classmate that doesn’t have a pet.

Sylvestor and Tweety

Did you know that many of the birds brought to wildlife rehabilitation centres are injured by cats and dogs?

What Can You do?

• If you have a cat, be sure to supervise her when she is outside or consider building a screened outdoor cat enclosure.

Did you know that six-pack rings are a threat to wildlife - particularly ducks, gulls and small animals - because they can get their heads caught in them?

What Can You Do?

• Clean-up trash: gather your friends, family or club members and organize a shoreline clean up.
  The Canadian Shorline Cleanup will be taking place from September 11 to 19, 2004 for more information please visit www.vanaqua.org/cleanup.

Be Eco-Wise

Did you know that each year in BC, over 2.5 million tons of garbage (that's the weight of half a million elephants!) is thrown out and only 1 million tons is recycled?

What Can You Do?

• Use both sides of lined and blank paper.
• Instead of buying notepads, recycle scrap paper and make your own pad of paper.
• Always look for the recycle symbol (the Mobius Loop) on plastic products and find out from your city what materials can be recycled.
• Avoid buying products that come in containers that cannot be re-used or recycled.