R v Marchand, 2016 BCPC 49577-1

BC SPCA responded to a complaint of a rottweiler type dog tethered in a ‘junk pile’. Upon attendance a rottweiler was observed tethered by a choke chain collar to a thick, heavy chain. The dogs’ water bowl was frozen, and her shelter consisted of an old truck canopy with ripped up bedding and therefore she was lying on frozen ground. Between February and April of 2014, SPCA Constables attempted to work with Jimmy Marchand in order to rectify the numerous welfare concerns noted. Nothing had changed from the first attendance, to the day of warrant. The SPCA brought a vet when executing the search warrant who determined that the dog was in distress due to inadequate living conditions. The dog was seized, and eventually re-homed.
Marchand entered a guilty plea on the day of his trial.