SPCA criticized, owner reportedly threatened, after slaughter of adopted pig
VANCOUVER — The SPCA says staff members at a Vancouver Island branch have endured withering public criticism after arranging the adoption of a potbellied pig that was later butchered by its new owner.
Spokeswoman Lorie Chortyk said workers at the Cowichan branch in Duncan were already upset about the death of the pig, named Molly.
“They are just getting inundated with nastiness,” she said Tuesday, days after the society confirmed that Molly had been destroyed by her new owner, barely a month after being adopted.
Molly and 56 other pigs were seized during a cruelty investigation on Vancouver Island in 2016 and Chortyk said the British Columbia society was responsible for finding new homes for all the animals.