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Welfare concerns renewed after fall involving horse and rider during bucking event at Cloverdale Rodeo
Image credit: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals. Bucking event at Calgary Stampede. A horse and rider are recovering after a saddle bronc bucking incident at the 2026 Cloverdale Rodeo. The incident raises renewed concerns about high-risk and high-stress rodeo events that put both people and animals in danger. Rodeo events like saddle bronc riding rely…
Vancouver Humane Society pleading for help to save pet lives after surge in emergency veterinary funding requests
“Sammy” (name changed for privacy), one of the animals helped by the McVitie Fund program this year. Vancouver, November 17, 2025 — The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) is raising alarm bells as requests for emergency veterinary assistance reach unprecedented levels in 2025. The organization’s McVitie Fund—which provides life-saving veterinary care for pets in low-income households across B.C.—has already processed more than…