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Gabriola dog dragged behind truck

From the Nanaimo Daily News: Gabriola man investigated after dog was dragged behind truck. A Gabriola Island man is being investigated for animal cruelty after his dog was tied to a bumper and dragged behind a car. Molly, a two-year-old wirehaired pointer, will undergo skin grafts and has been in veterinary care since the Saturday [...]

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SPCA rescues hoarded cats on Gabriola

Remember the story about the woman who hoards cats? We’d heard she was planning to move to Gabriola, and she did. Now the sad update from the BC SPCA: BC SPCA called a second time to rescue cats from large-scale hoarder. The BC SPCA has been called out a second time to rescue neglected cats [...]

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Renting your Gabriola house? Read this.

Well, now. If you’re planning to rent your Gabriola house soon, you might want to peek at this story in The Daily News about a tenant who hoarded cats. It’s going to cost the owner of a Cedar home approximately $50,000 to clean up the mess left by her cat-hoarding tenant. Nanaimo businesswoman Irene Wenngatz [...]

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