Non-profit B.C., landlord launches pet-friendly policy

Housing pressures forced 1,700 pet owners to surrender their animals to the BC SPCA in the past year, according to an advocacy group that’s trying to persuade the provincial government to ban pervasive no-pet rental policies.

Jordan Reichert, the Vancouver Island representative for Pets OK BC, said the group has been turned down for a meeting with B.C.’s housing minister on the issue. But a non-profit housing provider in Victoria isn’t waiting for legislation to launch a new pet-friendly policy.

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