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BC SPCA wants provincial ban on serval cats

Organization lobbying local governments to support efforts to limit exotic animal ownership
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BC SPCA raised safety concerns about the risk of having serval cats as pets. (Submitted photo)

The BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raised serious concerns about serval cats being kept as pets.

In a letter to the Regional District of Nanaimo, the BC SPCA’s Sara Dubois stated the organization has been seriously campaigning to restrict ownership of exotic pets under the Controlled Alien Species (CAS) regulation. But gaps continue to remain in the list of prohibited species.

“We

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Michael Briones

About the Author: Michael Briones

I rejoined the PQB News team in April 2017 from the Comox Valley Echo, having previously covered sports for The NEWS in 1997.
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