Cat rescue also has to sneak cats out of SPCA's. Breed rescue organizations are treated the same way. Malamute Rescue of Coquitlam sent notices to all the Vancouver SPCA's telling them that they would take any malamute, or malamute cross that was scheduled for destruction. The answer was that when they were ready to put a dog down, they didn't have time to phone. The North Vancouver SPCA also killed a malamute without phoning Malamute Rescue, or allowing Ron Polly, who knew the dog well and knew it to be good-natured, to take it.
Every breed of dog has a rescue organization.
All our evidence shows that the SPCA doesn't contact these groups. Animals in the shelter are not allowed toys nor are worked with while they pine away the hours. There is no free run area or a proper cat house. I visited three Vancouver SPCA Regional shelters one day to find all of them in the same condition - staff all nice and warm inside all dogs outside in the damp, nothing to keep them active, old crap and urine in almost half the pens. We would ask them to question what's wrong, and if they feel sad, think how the animals feel.