The BC SPCA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality of life for domestic, farm and wild animals in British Columbia.

The local Victoria branch was founded in 1901 and has had a significant impact on society's change in attitude towards animals through its school education programs, youth camps, public awareness campaigns, and by lobbying municipal governments to create bylaws for mandatory spaying and neutering, licensing, and other aspects of responsible pet guardianship. All of these factors have played a role in elevating the status of animals within our South Island Community.

It is the organization’s vision to inspire and mobilize society to create a world in which all animals enjoy as a minimum, five essential freedoms:

1. Freedom from hunger and thirst

2. Freedom from pain, injury, and disease

3. Freedom from distress

4. Freedom from discomfort

5. Freedom to express behaviours that promote well-being.