BC SPCA

Welcome to the BCSPCA 100 Mile House volunteer page!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

There is not a physical BC SPCA location in 100 Mile House. Applications are only open for foster homes within the 100 Mile House area. Applicants will need to be able to travel to and from the shelter in Williams Lake should they foster.

Thank you for your interest and for supporting our animals.

We need special foster homes for animals with special care needs!

 The Abbotsford BC SPCA shelter is seeking special foster homes for the animals that come into our care. 

The special care needs we frequently encounter include:

• Animals that are undergoing diagnostics or treatment for possibly contagious diseases (such as ringworm or parvovirus).  
• These animals require the wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (gowns, gloves, masks, and shoe coverings) while caring for them.
• *We provide all the PPE equipment, supplies, training, and cleaning materials for this care.
• This sort of fostering may take two weeks or longer before PPE requirements are lifted.
• Animals with behavioral issues;
• This could present as fear, anxiety, stress, or frustration behaviors. Reactive, under-socialized dogs or cats are examples.
• These animals are given specific, positive reinforcement, evidence-based behavior modification (BMOD) plans by our team of experts which must be followed to ensure the animal’s success.
• Medical-needs animals; 
• Those animals who may have recently undergone surgery, are receiving medication to manage non-contagious health issues, and/or may need other medical support. 
• This could include cleaning, changing dressings, working with incontinent animals, taking the animal to and from veterinary appointments, or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant animals, nursing animals with litters, or orphaned infant animals;
• This could include monitoring temperatures, bottle-feeding every 2 hours, administering medication, weighing the animals, and regular trips to veterinary appointments or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant and nursing animals may require fostering until the infants are 8 weeks old.

• We would like to find foster homes with experience and/or training with these sorts of animals and circumstances.
• We will provide additional training for volunteers who wish to support this endeavor.

What will you need? In all of the above circumstances, you will need to have a completely separate, secure space in your home. This space must include natural light, a cleanable nonporous floor, and other surfaces.  

• A secure space is a separate room with a closable door.  
• A baby/pet gate, partition, or exercise pen does not meet the requirements.
• These foster animals must always be kept separate from any other pets in your home.
• We ask foster applicants to commit to a minimum of 6 months in the program.  This does not mean you will have the same animal for 6 months, nor have foster animals continuously for 6 months.

We ask that our existing foster volunteers consider pursuing training and opening their homes to the care of these sorts of special needs animals in 2022. 

The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley BC SPCA shelters’ foster recruitment focus in 2022 will be almost exclusively aimed at finding and training these sorts of foster volunteers. 

The Alberni-Clayoquot BC SPCA is currently accepting volunteer applications
only for the activities shown below. Thank you for your interest.

We need special foster homes for animals with special care needs!

 The Burnaby BC SPCA shelter is seeking special foster homes for the animals that come into our care. 

The special care needs we frequently encounter include:

• Animals that are undergoing diagnostics or treatment for possibly contagious diseases (such as ringworm or parvovirus).  
• These animals require the wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (gowns, gloves, masks, and shoe coverings) while caring for them.
• *We provide all the PPE equipment, supplies, training, and cleaning materials for this care.
• This sort of fostering may take two weeks or longer before PPE requirements are lifted.
• Animals with behavioral issues;
• This could present as fear, anxiety, stress, or frustration behaviors. Reactive, under-socialized dogs or cats are examples.
• These animals are given specific, positive reinforcement, evidence-based behavior modification (BMOD) plans by our team of experts which must be followed to ensure the animal’s success.
• Medical-needs animals; 
• Those animals who may have recently undergone surgery, are receiving medication to manage non-contagious health issues, and/or may need other medical support. 
• This could include cleaning, changing dressings, working with incontinent animals, taking the animal to and from veterinary appointments, or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant animals, nursing animals with litters, or orphaned infant animals;
• This could include monitoring temperatures, bottle-feeding every 2 hours, administering medication, weighing the animals, and regular trips to veterinary appointments or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant and nursing animals may require fostering until the infants are 8 weeks old.

• We would like to find foster homes with experience and/or training with these sorts of animals and circumstances.
• We will provide additional training for volunteers who wish to support this endeavor.

What will you need? In all of the above circumstances, you will need to have a completely separate, secure space in your home. This space must include natural light, a cleanable nonporous floor, and other surfaces.  

• A secure space is a separate room with a closable door.  
• A baby/pet gate, partition, or exercise pen does not meet the requirements.
• These foster animals must always be kept separate from any other pets in your home.
• We ask foster applicants to commit to a minimum of 6 months in the program.  This does not mean you will have the same animal for 6 months, nor have foster animals continuously for 6 months.

We ask that our existing foster volunteers consider pursuing training and opening their homes to the care of these sorts of special needs animals in 2022. 

The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley BC SPCA shelters’ foster recruitment focus in 2022 will be almost exclusively aimed at finding and training these sorts of foster volunteers. 

The Comox Valley and District Branch BCSPCA is currently accepting volunteer applications only for the activities shown below. Thank you for your interest, and please check back later.

The BC SPCA is a non-profit organization funded primarily by public donations. Our mission is to prevent cruelty and to promote the welfare of animals through a wide range of services, including cruelty investigations, emergency rescue and treatment, sheltering and adoption of homeless and abused animals, humane education, advocacy, farm animal welfare, spay/neuter programs, and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation.

We need special foster homes for animals with special care needs!

 The Maple Ridge BC SPCA shelter is seeking special foster homes for the animals that come into our care. 

The special care needs we frequently encounter include:

• Animals that are undergoing diagnostics or treatment for possibly contagious diseases (such as ringworm or parvovirus).  
• These animals require the wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (gowns, gloves, masks, and shoe coverings) while caring for them.
• *We provide all the PPE equipment, supplies, training, and cleaning materials for this care.
• This sort of fostering may take two weeks or longer before PPE requirements are lifted.
• Animals with behavioral issues;
• This could present as fear, anxiety, stress, or frustration behaviors. Reactive, under-socialized dogs or cats are examples.
• These animals are given specific, positive reinforcement, evidence-based behavior modification (BMOD) plans by our team of experts which must be followed to ensure the animal’s success.
• Medical-needs animals; 
• Those animals who may have recently undergone surgery, are receiving medication to manage non-contagious health issues, and/or may need other medical support. 
• This could include cleaning, changing dressings, working with incontinent animals, taking the animal to and from veterinary appointments, or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant animals, nursing animals with litters, or orphaned infant animals;
• This could include monitoring temperatures, bottle-feeding every 2 hours, administering medication, weighing the animals, and regular trips to veterinary appointments or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant and nursing animals may require fostering until the infants are 8 weeks old.

• We would like to find foster homes with experience and/or training with these sorts of animals and circumstances.
• We will provide additional training for volunteers who wish to support this endeavor.

What will you need? In all of the above circumstances, you will need to have a completely separate, secure space in your home. This space must include natural light, a cleanable nonporous floor, and other surfaces.  

• A secure space is a separate room with a closable door.  
• A baby/pet gate, partition, or exercise pen does not meet the requirements.
• These foster animals must always be kept separate from any other pets in your home.
• We ask foster applicants to commit to a minimum of 6 months in the program.  This does not mean you will have the same animal for 6 months, nor have foster animals continuously for 6 months.

We ask that our existing foster volunteers consider pursuing training and opening their homes to the care of these sorts of special needs animals in 2022. 

The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley BC SPCA shelters’ foster recruitment focus in 2022 will be almost exclusively aimed at finding and training these sorts of foster volunteers. 

We need special foster homes for animals with special care needs!

 The Vancouver BC SPCA shelter is seeking special foster homes for the animals that come into our care. 

The special care needs we frequently encounter include:

• Animals that are undergoing diagnostics or treatment for possibly contagious diseases (such as ringworm or parvovirus).  
• These animals require the wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (gowns, gloves, masks, and shoe coverings) while caring for them.
• *We provide all the PPE equipment, supplies, training, and cleaning materials for this care.
• This sort of fostering may take two weeks or longer before PPE requirements are lifted.
• Animals with behavioral issues;
• This could present as fear, anxiety, stress, or frustration behaviors. Reactive, under-socialized dogs or cats are examples.
• These animals are given specific, positive reinforcement, evidence-based behavior modification (BMOD) plans by our team of experts which must be followed to ensure the animal’s success.
• Medical-needs animals; 
• Those animals who may have recently undergone surgery, are receiving medication to manage non-contagious health issues, and/or may need other medical support. 
• This could include cleaning, changing dressings, working with incontinent animals, taking the animal to and from veterinary appointments, or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant animals, nursing animals with litters, or orphaned infant animals;
• This could include monitoring temperatures, bottle-feeding every 2 hours, administering medication, weighing the animals, and regular trips to veterinary appointments or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant and nursing animals may require fostering until the infants are 8 weeks old.

• We would like to find foster homes with experience and/or training with these sorts of animals and circumstances.
• We will provide additional training for volunteers who wish to support this endeavor.

What will you need? In all of the above circumstances, you will need to have a completely separate, secure space in your home. This space must include natural light, a cleanable nonporous floor, and other surfaces.  

• A secure space is a separate room with a closable door.  
• A baby/pet gate, partition, or exercise pen does not meet the requirements.
• These foster animals must always be kept separate from any other pets in your home.
• We ask foster applicants to commit to a minimum of 6 months in the program.  This does not mean you will have the same animal for 6 months, nor have foster animals continuously for 6 months.

We ask that our existing foster volunteers consider pursuing training and opening their homes to the care of these sorts of special needs animals in 2022. 

The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley BC SPCA shelters’ foster recruitment focus in 2022 will be almost exclusively aimed at finding and training these sorts of foster volunteers. 

Welcome to the West Kootenay Volunteer page

For shelter hours and contact information please visit BC SPCA West Kootenay Community Animal Centre 

For information on youths volunteering with the BC SPCA please visit Youth Volunteers - BC SPCA 

PLEASE NOTE: The applications below are for the West Vancouver animal center, located on the north shore. If you wish to volunteer at the Vancouver shelter, please select the Vancouver location from the list to the left.

We need special foster homes for animals with special care needs!

 The West Vancouver BC SPCA shelter is seeking special foster homes for the animals that come into our care. 

The special care needs we frequently encounter include:

• Animals that are undergoing diagnostics or treatment for possibly contagious diseases (such as ringworm or parvovirus).  
• These animals require the wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (gowns, gloves, masks, and shoe coverings) while caring for them.
• *We provide all the PPE equipment, supplies, training, and cleaning materials for this care.
• This sort of fostering may take two weeks or longer before PPE requirements are lifted.
• Animals with behavioral issues;
• This could present as fear, anxiety, stress, or frustration behaviors. Reactive, under-socialized dogs or cats are examples.
• These animals are given specific, positive reinforcement, evidence-based behavior modification (BMOD) plans by our team of experts which must be followed to ensure the animal’s success.
• Medical-needs animals; 
• Those animals who may have recently undergone surgery, are receiving medication to manage non-contagious health issues, and/or may need other medical support. 
• This could include cleaning, changing dressings, working with incontinent animals, taking the animal to and from veterinary appointments, or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant animals, nursing animals with litters, or orphaned infant animals;
• This could include monitoring temperatures, bottle-feeding every 2 hours, administering medication, weighing the animals, and regular trips to veterinary appointments or checkups at the shelter.
• Pregnant and nursing animals may require fostering until the infants are 8 weeks old.

• We would like to find foster homes with experience and/or training with these sorts of animals and circumstances.
• We will provide additional training for volunteers who wish to support this endeavor.

What will you need? In all of the above circumstances, you will need to have a completely separate, secure space in your home. This space must include natural light, a cleanable nonporous floor, and other surfaces.  

• A secure space is a separate room with a closable door.  
• A baby/pet gate, partition, or exercise pen does not meet the requirements.
• These foster animals must always be kept separate from any other pets in your home.
• We ask foster applicants to commit to a minimum of 6 months in the program.  This does not mean you will have the same animal for 6 months, nor have foster animals continuously for 6 months.

We ask that our existing foster volunteers consider pursuing training and opening their homes to the care of these sorts of special needs animals in 2022. 

The Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley BC SPCA shelters’ foster recruitment focus in 2022 will be almost exclusively aimed at finding and training these sorts of foster volunteers.