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Read about animal welfare cases that Dr. Steinebach has been involved in. 



October 2011  The B.C. SPCA headed an investigation into the slaughter of sled dogs called Operation Nemesis.  Dr. Steinebach lent his expertise as part of the team of veterinary experts along with assistant Melissa Snazell.  Read the entire story here

September 28, 2008The B.C. SPCA has seized 49 sick cats at a pet rescue operation in Delta that was home to 200 felines.   Read the entire story here: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html

September 3, 2008 Thirty-two poodle and terrier-mix dogs are being cared for at the BC SPCA's Chilliwack Branch after being seized from a Lower Mainland breeder. SPCA special constables seized the dogs after their owners failed to comply with orders to improve living conditions.   Read the entire story here: http://www.spca.bc.ca/media/Surrey_poodles_Sept32008_Press.asp

July 25, 2006Marcy Ryan gets fine and jail time for ignoring court order.  Read the entire story here: http://www.cknw.com/news/news

July 24, 2006Judge Dismisses Claims by Quirinius Van Dongen of Wrongful Seizure by BC SPCA.  A provincial court judge has ruled that BC SPCA animal protection officers acted "properly and lawfully" in seizing 108 animals owned by Quirinius Van Dongen A provincial court judge has ruled that BC SPCA animal protection officers acted "properly and lawfully" in seizing 108 animals owned by Quirinius Van Dongen. Read the entire story here: http://www.bcspca.com/media/VanDongenClaimDismissed_July242006_Press.asp

January 10, 2006BC SPCA officials are expressing disbelief and outrage over the outcome of a high-profile animal cruelty case that concluded in a Nelson courtroom yesterday.  Read the entire story here: http://www.spca.bc.ca/media/KasloSentencing_Jan102006_Press.asp

March 7, 2005A Fraser Valley woman convicted of animal cruelty in two high profile SPCA "puppy mill" investigations in 2003 will be back in court on March 17 for violating a court order prohibiting her from owning or having custody of animals for a period of 10 years.  Read the entire story here: http://www.spca.bc.ca/media/FraserValleyWomenViolateBan_March72005_Press.asp  

March 11, 2005The BC SPCA says it is pleased with the 10-year ban on obtaining new animals handed down to Texada Island resident Doris Chambers after she pled guilty in a Powell River court to causing distress to animals. Crown Counsel charged Chambers under the BC Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act following an SPCA investigation in October 2003 in which SPCA cruelty officers seized 52 animals in distress from her property.  Read the entire story here:  http://www.spca.bc.ca/media/TexadaBan_March112005_Press.asp
January 14, 2005A judge sentenced Richmond resident Ameer Shakur to one day in jail and prohibited him from owning animals for five years yesterday after he was found guilty of causing distress to animals under the BC Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. BC SPCA Animal Protection Officers seized 96 livestock - 81 sheep and 15 goats - owned by Shakur from a property on Blundell Road in March 2003.  Read the entire story here: http://www.spca.bc.ca/media/RichmondFarmerBanned_Jan142005_Press.asp

December 21, 2004Months after 40 emaciated calves and six goats were seized from a Ford Road property, two individuals have been charged December 16, 2004.  Read the entire story here: http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/issues04/124104/news/124104nn5.html
 December 2, 2004A local farmer has been convicted of animal cruelty in Richmond provincial court. Ameer Shakur was charged after officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals seized nearly 100 sheep and goats from his farm at No. 5 and Blundell roads in March 2003. Read the entire story here:  http://www.yourlibrary.ca/community/richmondreview/archive/RR20041202/morenews.html
November 12, 2004Two 'dog hoarders' are back in hot water after failing to care for a van full of chihuahuas. Read the entire story here:  http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/issues04/112204/news/112204nn1.html

November 9, 2004
Peter and Antonia Rooyakkers of Texada Island were charged on November 2 with causing distress to animals under the provincial Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.  BC SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) animal protection officers seized five adult dogs and four puppies from the Rooyakkers' property on Texada Island in May. Read the ntire story here:  http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13329467&BRD=1998&PAG=461&dept_id=221589&rfi=6
September 28, 2004
Marcy Ryan has again lost an appeal on a sentence relating to cruelty to animal charges. Read the entire story here:  http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/issues04/094104/news/094104nn5.html

August 30, 2004Crown Counsel has approved charges against Lisa and Claudette Carver of Port Coquitlam under the Provincial Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the B.C. SPCA announced Friday. The charges stem from the seizure of eight horses from the Carvers' hobby farm this spring. Read the entire story here:  http://www.thenownews.com/issues04/085104/news/085104nn8.html

August 5, 2004When Spud, an Akita-Shepherd cross, had a run in with a porcupine last week the dog ended up with almost 1,000 quills in her face and body, including three in the eye. The Chilliwack SPCA rushed her to a vet where the quills were removed and then sought to find her a quiet home where she could recover.  Read the entire story here:  http://www.vancourier.com/issues04/054204/news/054204nn12.html

May 19, 2004BC SPCA animal protection officers seized five adult dogs and four puppies yesterday from a breeder on Texada Island known to supply puppies to pet stores in Greater Vancouver. Read the entire story here:  http://www.spca.bc.ca/media/TexadaSeizure_May192004_Press.asp

January 2004A woman convicted of animal cruelty in two separate 'puppy mill' investigations carried out by the BC SPCA has received stiff sentences for her crimes in a Chilliwack court. Marcy Ryan of Agassiz appeared in court on January 20 and 23, where she was sentenced to pay the maximum fine allowed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act ($2,000) for each of the two convictions. The judge also prohibited Ryan from owning or having custody of an animal for any purpose for a period of 10 years.  Read the entire story here: http://www.spca.bc.ca/news/Jan2004_AnimalsNews.asp 
November 2003
In January and June 2001 SPCA animal protection officers carried out two separate cruelty investigations, seizing 23 severely neglected dogs from Marcy Ryan, who was then living in Agassiz. "She was breeding the animals solely for maximum profit and the conditions were just deplorable,".  Read the entire story here:  http://www.pet-buse.com/cases/5755/BC/CA/
December 1, 2002The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in British Columbia has seized more than 100 animals including apes, llamas, exotic birds and a monkey from a collector. The society intends to lay charges of cruelty to animals. Read the entire story here:  http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/1150/BC/CA/#UPDATES
April 18, 2001Lori Ellen Stevens (1989), of Abbotsford, B.C., admitted her conduct in causing or permitting farm animals for which she was responsible to be in distress.  Read the entire story here: http://www.lawsociety.bc.ca/media/news/01-04-18_Stevens.html

September 23, 1999The dairy farm where more than 50 cattle starved to death had been in trouble over how it cared for its cattle almost a year
before. Read the entire story here: http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/animalnet/1999/9-1999/an-09-23-99-02.txt

February 16, 1999
A fall trial date has, according to this story, been set for an Agassiz couple, Ken Roos and Lori Stevens, charged, under the Cruelty to Animals Act and under the federal Criminal Code, with animal cruelty after 56 cows were discovered dead on their farm last July. Read the entire story here:  http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/animalnet/1999/2-1999/an-02-17-99-01.txt