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Urgent Care

Chloe needs surgery to ease her pain

Donate toward Chloe’s care

One year old Chloe is a sweet, gentle little cat “with a big soft heart”. Jennifer rescued Chloe from a hoarding situation, and since then, Chloe has brought so much joy to her home, chasing her older brother Charlie, catching bugs, and playing with her favourite peacock feathers. 

Recently, Jennifer noticed Chloe squinting in one eye that also appeared swollen. Jennifer rushed her to the vet, where she learned Chloe has a very rare eye issue that would need special eye drops to resolve.
 
Jennifer spent what she could on Chloe’s drops, but vets have determined that Chloe will need her eye removed to prevent ongoing pain. While the drops are keeping her comfortable for now, surgery will help Chloe get back to the long joyful life that is ahead of her. 

Living on a low income and having spent all she could spare on Chloe’s eye drops, Jennifer cannot afford Chloe’s surgery on her own and has reached out to the Vancouver Humane Society for help. “I just don’t want her in pain anymore,” she shared. 

Thanks to a generous anonymous matching grant, donations toward the VHS’s McVitie Fund will be matched up to $30,000, doubling the impact of your gift for animals like Chloe.

Can you donate today to help Chloe get the surgery she needs to feel comfortable again?


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Your gift for pets will be matched this Mother’s Day

Donate to help pets like Mini and double your gift!

To send an e-card with your kind gift, tick the “Yes, I want to dedicate my donation” box in the “Want to dedicate your gift to someone special?” section of the online donation form. Then, select “In Honour Of”.

Donate to help pets like brave mama Mini this Mother’s Day

Mini was a former feral barn cat who found a loving home with Kelly. When Mini went into labour at home, it quickly became clear something was wrong. Kelly rushed her to the vet and reached out to the Vancouver Humane Society’s McVitie Fund for help.

At the clinic, vets were able to get Mini into emergency C-section surgery, saving her life and delivering one tiny kitten. Today, Mini is safe, her tiny kitten is by her side, and Kelly’s family is full of gratitude.When you make a gift to the McVitie Fund, you can also send a thoughtful e-card featuring Mini to someone you love. Your donation will help more animals like Mini receive life-saving veterinary care when they need it most. 

Simply tick the “Yes, I want to dedicate my donation” box in the “Want to dedicate your gift to someone special?” section of the online donation form. Then, select “In Honour Of”.



Right now, gifts to the McVitie Fund will be matched up to $30,000 by a generous anonymous donor, doubling your impact for animals like Mini.

Your love will keep families like Kelly’s healthy and together.

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Urgent Care

Oliver needs dental surgery!

Donate toward Oliver’s care


In recent weeks, Melissa’s beloved cat, Oliver, has not been feeling like himself. Despite trying changes to his diet, he still needs further testing to understand what is going on. Melissa is worried about her best friend and wants to make sure he receives the care he needs. 

Oliver has also been diagnosed with Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesions (FORL), a painful dental disease affecting his back teeth. One tooth is broken and needs to be extracted, and he requires a full dental cleaning.

Before surgery, Oliver must have blood, urine, and pancreatic testing to rule out other health concerns. 

Oliver has been by Melissa’s side since he was born in a sock drawer and came home with her at just eight weeks old. “He is my best friend,” she told the VHS. “He is the only constant I have had in my life. I love him more than anything.” 

Melissa shared, “He drinks water only from a gently dripping bathtub tap. He follows me everywhere, even standing guard during showers. Doors are not allowed to be closed. He would be highly offended.” 

Living on a very limited income, Melissa was not prepared for these unexpected veterinary costs. 
With help from the Vancouver Humane Society’s McVitie Fund program, Oliver can receive the testing and dental surgery he needs. 

Will you donate today to help relieve Oliver’s pain and give him more healthy years with his best friend, Melissa?


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Urgent Care

Support urgent care for pets this Mother’s Day

Donate to help pets like Winnie

Donate to help pets like Winnie this Mother’s Day

When Paula’s beloved dog Winnie faced a life-threatening pregnancy complication, she turned to the VHS’s McVitie Fund for help. Thanks to donors like you, Winnie received an emergency C-section and spay just in time, delivering eight healthy puppies.
 
Paula is overjoyed to be able to continue life with her best friend by her side, and is giving Winnie all the love in the world as she recovers and cares for her new family.

When you make a gift to the McVitie Fund, you can also send a thoughtful e-card featuring Winnie and her puppies to someone you love. Your donation will help more animals like Winnie receive life-saving veterinary care when they need it most. 

Simply click on the “in honour of” button in the “Dedication” section of the online donation form. 


Your love will keep families like Paula’s healthy and together.

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Urgent Care

Finn’s happy homecoming!

Your gift helps families like Finn and Ginny’s today

Finn’s terrifying tale turned happy ending

Curious puppy Finn, wound up in a life-threatening situation with some socks recently. Luckily, thanks to supporters like you, the McVitie Fund was there to help.

When Finn’s guardian, Ginny, left her room to take clothes to the laundry, Finn took the opportunity to investigate a few socks that had fallen out of Ginny’s laundry hamper.

When the pair left the house for Finn’s usually treasured walk, Finn stopped, sat down, and threw up two socks.

After they came back inside, Finn still appeared lethargic and could not drink water. Ginny rushed him to an emergency veterinary hospital where initial x-rays showed Finn’s intestines were obstructed with socks. To survive, Finn would need $2,500 to cover diagnostics, surgery to remove the obstruction, and a three day stay at the veterinary hospital.

Ginny was distraught. Since rescuing Finn she has delighted in caring for him and spending her days by his side. The pair have become inseperable, and Finn’s loss would be devastating.

Difficult circumstances mean Ginny is currently living in temporary housing and had no funds available for Finn’s surgery. A trusted worker at Ginny’s temporary housing helped connect her with the McVitie Fund and she quickly filled out an application for Finn.

Because of supporters like you, the McVitie Fund was able to provide funding to get Finn the life-saving care he needed.

Ginny was astonished and overwhelmed with gratitude when she heard this news. She wrote to us, “thank you so very much!!! I’m so grateful and relieved!!! I love my puppy very much, this is wonderful news.”

Finn’s surgery went well, and after his hospital stay, Ginny got to take her dear friend home to recover and get a good night’s sleep by her side.

“Due to your support, he is thriving, happy and healthy again. I keep all the socks in a closed basket and out of reach, as this was a terribly traumatic experience for him and I, but you got us through it,” Ginny wrote.

“I truly appreciate the generous funding support you provided and will give back to the Humane Society when I’m able to. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for your compassion and financial help in our time of need.”

Finn and Ginny are just one of hundreds of families helped thanks to thoughtful gifts from supporters like you this year. The McVitie Fund relies on your generosity to continue supporting low-income pet guardians across B.C. seeking emergency help for their beloved animal friends. Could you support families like Ginny’s with a donation today?

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Urgent Care

Gift a brighter future for animals

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Can you grant a wish for animals before the end of the year?

Learn how your gift makes a difference for animals

This year, allies like you called for compassionate changes for farmed animals, animals used in entertainment, animals in captivity, and wild animals.

As 2023 wraps up, your gift to animals suffering today will create a more peaceful tomorrow. 

You can help achieve our ultimate holiday wish: a kinder future for all animals!

All donations made before the end of the year will be eligible for a tax receipt for 2023.

Your gift of $45 = 100 copies of PlantUniversity brochures

Brochures like the “Beginner’s Guide to Plant-Based Eating” are distributed to libraries, immigration centres, community and culture centres and more. Your gift allows the VHS to create helpful content on shifting towards a plant-based diet in multiple languages.

Your gift of $103 = 7,000 animal allies reached

Online advertisements allow the VHS to connect people with calls for meaningful actions to protect animals.

Your gift of $240 = life-saving veterinary test for one pet in need

The VHS’s McVitie program helps fund life-saving veterinary care for pets of low-income families. Essential testing, like doing blood work, will help veterinary staff determine how to help an animal return home to their loving guardian.

Your gift of $741 = bus ad for one month

Bus ads in the Metro Vancouver area can be viewed upwards of a million times! Thought-provoking messages direct viewers to learn more about the many benefits of shifting towards a plant-based diet over at PlantUniversity.ca.

Your gift of $1,600 = rodeo billboard for 12 weeks

Billboards have a huge impact on showcasing messages to many different people. A billboard calling for an end to rodeo cruelty builds on the momentum of the public’s increasing recognition of traditional rodeo events as inhumane.

Thank you so much for your generosity this season!

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Urgent Care

This year your gift brings pets safely home to their people

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Gift pets their ‘home for the holidays’!

Can you make a gift for animals in need of life-saving care?

Because of supporters like you, hundreds of animals are spending the holidays healthy and at home with the people who love them most of all.

But the McVite Fund is stretched to the limit as every day, devoted pet guardians call and send in applications for funding for the pets they can’t imagine life without.

When loved and wanted animals receive life-saving veterinary care, they’re able to find relief from suffering without being surrendered to the already-overburdened shelter and rescue system.

Thank you so much for considering supporting pets and their people with a gift this year. It truly means the world to the families who are able to stay together with your help.

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Urgent Care

Companion animals in need are counting on your generosity

DOUBLE your donation toward pets in need

Now more than ever before, pets like Pishi need your help.

The McVitie Fund is providing an average of nine pets in critical condition with funding for the life-saving veterinary care they need every single week at the VHS.

But the impacts of rising costs are becoming more and more apparent. The VHS has seen an increase in demand from distressed low-income animal guardians looking for help and a drop in funds to support this vital work.

Pishi’s Story

Once a playful and outgoing pup, Pishi had become lethargic, lost interest in food, then to her guardian Maya’s horror, stopped eating completely.  

At the clinic, vets found Pishi had dangerously low kidney function and x-rays showed a potential blockage in her digestive system. Further testing and possible surgery were needed to keep Pishi alive.

Before Pishi’s devastating condition, Maya suffered a serious workplace injury that left her unable to work, depleted her savings, and ultimately led to her becoming unhoused.

Maya visited Pishi twice each day at the vet clinic because she couldn’t bear the idea of Pishi hooked up to strange and scary machines, confused by her new surroundings and thinking Maya had left her on her own.

With Maya’s love and the help of kind McVitie fund donors, Pishi was able to receive the testing and care she needed to leave the vet with her best friend, Maya. 

Your gift today will DOUBLE in impact

The McVitie Fund is only made possible through the generosity of supporters like you in the community, and right now, program expenses are far exceeding the gifts that make life-saving care like Pishi’s possible. For loving animal guardians like Maya, the McVitie Fund offers a lifeline of vital support when their companion animals become sick or injured. 

Right now, an anonymous donor is generously matching all donations made toward the VHS’s McVitie Fund, up to $25,000!

This means your donation of any amount will go twice as far in helping pets in need like Pishi.

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Urgent Care

Urgent care for George

Donate toward George’s care

George needs urgent treatment for a concerning mass

Melissa has noticed a mass growing on her sweet 9-year-old cat, George’s, back. After an inconclusive biopsy result, the vet advised that the mass could be cancerous and recommended it be removed to give George the best chance at a healthy and happy future. Melissa told the Vancouver Humane Society that George is her true companion who has helped her through hard times in the past nine years. Because George has had some previous health issues, Melissa feeds him a special diet to maintain his good health. She is doing everything she can to save up for the surgery but as a single mother on a limited income, she is having trouble with the overall cost. That is why she has reached out to the VHS for help with George’s care.

Can you donate today to help George get the care he needs to live a healthy life?