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An animal centre where you can adopt a pet or get help with your own pet. ▸ Help you can ask about • Adopting an animal, and lost and found pets • Low-cost spay or neuter if cost is a barrier...
Call the BC SPCA Animal Helpline at 1-855-622-7722 for help with your pet during an emergency, such as a wildfire evacuation. ▸ Evacuation help: the BC SPCA offers support through the Animal...
ALERT (Animal Lifeline Emergency Response Team) is a volunteer charity. It helps evacuate, rescue and shelter pets and livestock during disasters. Volunteers go out when local or provincial...
BC-based charity training and placing Guide Dogs, Autism Service Dogs, and OSI-PTSD Service Dogs for residents of BC and Alberta at no cost. ▸ Programs: • Guide Dogs — for adults and youth...
If you get income, disability, or hardship assistance in BC and a landlord asks for a pet damage deposit, the ministry can pay it. You pay it back a little at a time. ▸ What you get: • Up to...
If you see an animal being abused or neglected, report it by calling the BC SPCA Animal Helpline at 1-855-622-7722. The BC SPCA does not accept reports by email or social media. Animal Protection...
National charity that provides guide dogs to legally blind Canadians at no cost. It also has an autism service dog pilot program for families in the greater Ottawa area only. ▸ Who can apply for...
CNIB Guide Dogs raises, trains and matches guide dogs with Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. ▸ Who can apply: you are 16 or older (younger people can start the process), you have...
The BC SPCA's Community Spay & Neuter Program helps when cost is a barrier. You get a voucher that covers part of the cost of spay or neuter surgery, plus a BC Pet Registry microchip. ▸ Who can...
Volunteer-run pet food bank. It delivers free dog and cat food to households facing money hardship in the Central and South Okanagan. It is delivery-based; pickup only if arranged ahead. ▸ What...
The McVitie Veterinary Assistance Program helps low-income people in BC pay for emergency vet care. An emergency means your pet is at risk of dying, or would need to be put down, without...
BC-based charity (90%+ volunteer-driven) providing trained assistance dogs for people with disabilities. Has an active Okanagan puppy-raising program based in Enderby, BC. ▸ Programs: • Mobility...
If you are having trouble feeding your pet, the BC SPCA offers free pet food and supplies in communities across BC. ▸ Where to get help: • BC SPCA Community Animal Centres — every centre has...
If you are leaving a violent home and can't take your pet, the BC SPCA can foster your pet for up to six months. A specially trained foster family cares for your pet so you can get safe and keep...
CDART is a volunteer group that shelters, fosters or rescues pets and other domesticated animals during disasters. ▸ If you are ordered to evacuate, do not leave your pets behind. Go to the...
Please note: applications are currently closed. Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides says applications are closed for new clients in its Canine Vision, Hearing, Seizure Response, Service, Autism...
The Okanagan Humane Society's Pet Assistance Program helps people facing money barriers get basic vet care for their pets. Volunteers work with partner vets across the region. The program is...
Companion Paws Canada is a national program of The LifeLine Canada Foundation. It matches rescue dogs with Canadians who need a certified therapy dog, and certifies dogs as therapy dogs. ▸...
Kelowna Caring Canines Society is a non-profit. Its volunteer dog-and-handler teams are trained and certified for pet therapy visits. ▸ Where they visit: • Kelowna General Hospital •...
Better Together helps people on a low income pay for vet care for their pets. Paws for Hope's partner vet clinics include Fairfield Animal Hospital (listed under Okanagan / Thompson). ▸ Who can...
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