BCSPCA Review
Last updated on April 17, 2020Unless your appeal is only about costs, you must first ask the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA) to review its decision to take custody of your animal(s) before filing an appeal with BCFIRB. This is a requirement of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
If your animal is taken into custody by the BCSPCA, you will be given a Notice of Disposition that explains how to ask for a review. It is important you follow the BCSPCA instructions for asking for a review, and do so within the times set out below.
Time limits that apply:
Takes an abandoned animal into custody and the owner is known
No less than 4 days after giving notice to sell, euthanize or otherwise dispose of the animal
Takes an abandoned animal into custody and the owner is unknown
No less than 4 days before selling, euthanizing or otherwise disposing of the animal
Takes a distressed animal into custody and the owner is known
No less than 14 days after giving notice to sell, euthanize or otherwise dispose of the animal
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