Category: pets
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Pets & BC Housing
By Sarah Pump, Executive Director Recently, PAN has been contacted for support by several families experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness. Some of these families have been on the wait list for subsidized housing through BC Housing for a long time and don’t understand why they haven’t received a placement. There…
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Veterinary care for low-income families in Parksville
Parksville has a new Veterinary Clinic called Fantastic Beasts Veterinary Services that not only offers standard vet care for our beloved pets, but also provides services to local animal rescues, along with a FREE once a month wellness clinic (Pawsitive Care Parksville) AND a low-cost spay/neuter program. Justine Morrison, Rescue…
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Free care for low-income pets
What is Helping Paws Nanaimo Community Animal Clinic? What does it offer? We are a “pop up” style veterinary wellness clinic, offering free exams, vaccines, deworming, parasite control, microchips, and treatment of some minor medical conditions. We aim to serve the homeless and low income community. We don’t have a…
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Salvation Army’s Pet Food Bank
Nanaimo is fortunate to have a free food bank for pets, located at the Salvation Army at 505 Eighth St in Harewood. I asked Marie with the Salvation Army to answer some questions about the service. 1. What does the Pet Food Bank offer? The Pet Food Bank offers free dog…
Poverty Advocacy Nanaimo 