Over 200 animals find homes during adoption event

The B.C. SPCA’s second annual province-wide adoption event has helped 212 animals find their forever homes.

The event — called Fall Head Over Tails in Love on Nov. 9 — saw most of the pets in SPCA care (including dogs, cats, kittens, puppies, rats and guinea pigs) eligible for 50 per cent off the adoption fee and B.C. Pet registry fee.

Two animals were adopted from the Vernon branch and 10 from Kelowna’s.

The North Peace branch had the highest number of adoptions – 17 including 14 kittens and three dogs. The Vancouver branch had the second highest
numbers with 15 adoptions including five cats, seven kittens, one dog and two rabbits.

Kittens were the most popular pet across all branches with 91 adoptions, followed by 76 cats and 24 dogs.

“Congratulations to everyone who came out to provide a loving home for an animal in our care,” said Mark Takhar, B.C. SPCA’s chief operations officer.

“Thank you to all of our branch staff, who were there to answer questions about the animals, walk through our adoption matching process and accommodate the increased volume of people passing through the doors at our 36 branches across the province.”