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Cross-B.C. trek for the 91ƵHowlidays91Ƶ helping puppies find forever homes

Adorable puppies touring the paw-vince thanks to campaign by BC Humane Society and Accent Inns

The BC Humane Society unleashws all kinds of joy across B.C. with adorable puppies on a tour across the paw-vince.

The Accent Inns hotel in Victoria was the fluffy friends91Ƶ final destination last week. Before making it across Georgia Strait, the puppies stopped in Kelowna, Kamloops, and Burnaby.

To help support and promote the BC Humane Society, Accent Inns hosted the 91ƵHowlidays91Ƶ event. The festive campaign is to encourage people to adopt. The society has 73 puppies in care that are all looking for homes.91Ƶ

The puppies in Victoria are only eight weeks old and are a mix of 91Ƶprobably shepard-husky,91Ƶ according to Penny Stone, executive director of the BC Humane Society.

So far, the society has had five adoptions and plenty of applications.

91ƵWe haven91Ƶt had any time to go over them because we91Ƶve been travelling from place to place, but I imagine all the puppies that we91Ƶve taken to these events will be adopted because of this event,91Ƶ said Stone. 91ƵThese will all be available for adoption, and I think they91Ƶll all go. I think within two days every dog that we91Ƶve brought to this event will be gone. It91Ƶs just been an amazing thing for us to be able to promote them like this for people to get to see them. We don91Ƶt have an actual physical shelter so everybody is in private foster homes. So this way, people can see our animals and see what we have available for adoption.91Ƶ

Stone stresses that winter is a tough time of year to find a home for the puppies. Already, the BC Humane Society is overloaded with puppies and the executive director said they91Ƶre 91Ƶplaying catch up.91Ƶ

In the wake of recent challenges, including an alarming surge in surrendered animals and overpopulation concerns in remote B.C. regions, the situation has become critical, according to the society.

91ƵThis is the most pressing situation we91Ƶve faced in two decades,91Ƶ Stone said. 91ƵWith an influx of 91Ƶpandemic pets91Ƶ abandoned during the stay-at-home years and an increasing number of unlicensed breeders relinquishing entire litters, fostering is an urgent need to provide these dogs with the care they deserve until permanent homes can be found.91Ƶ

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Two small puppies are ready to play. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
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The puppies are tried and need a nap after playing. (Ella Matte/News Staff)


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