No front page content has been created yet.The CRD Animal Shelter has wonderful pets waiting to be welcomed into a good home. If you are looking to adopt a new best friend, please visit the Shelter. This little bundle of energy is an 8 week old Kelpie Mix pup. Looking for a little sporting dog? She loves to move! Super fun and outgoing.. not meant for the quiet home. This handsome fellow is a 1.5 year old Lab Bully breed mix. He is super sweet, athletic and has done well with the other dogs here at the shelter. Cats are unknown at this time. Sammy would love an active family where he will be a part of the daily activities. Jonny is a 2 year old Rottweiler Bully breedl mix. He is sweet friendly and active. Jonny has lived with cats and loves to play with other dogs. He knows his basics but will need a bit more in the training department. Tommy is a 2 year old neutered male Rottweiler Bully breed mix. This fellow is sweet and friendly and loves everyone. He needs to learn all his basics and no cats please but he gets along with the other dogs and is a social outgoing fellow!

Tex is a 10 year old neutered male tuxedo cat. He is lovely friendly and affectionate. Tex gets along great with the other cats and is very quiet. Duncan is a 12 year old neutered male orange tabby cat. He is a lovey fellow looking for a retirement home. A pretty little Calico spayed female. Victoria is a shy girl so best suited to a quiet household. She is very sweet. Sweet little 6 month old tabby kitten looking for a family. This pretty girl is Sidney! She is a 3 year old spayed female. Sidney is a nice laid back easy going kitty. Lovely and laid back, Margarita is a nice mix of friendly personality and independent nature. She can take or leave other cats - as long as they leave her be she can co-exist. Margarita will fit into most households. This big fella is a DSH grey tabby, neutered male. Salinger is a timid cat so would be best suited as an indoor only, calmer household. He seems to be okay with the others cats so will likely do fine in a multi cat household.

Omar is a 2 year old DMH tabby/white male. He is a nice easy going cat but would be happiest in a home without small children. Omar gets along well with the cats in the shelter. Other Animals for Adoption Little young female ferret looking for a family of her own. Homes For Sale Near Hearne TxShe is spunky, fun and out going.Royal Velvet Down Comforter Cleaning 2 Young Ball PythonsCarpet Cleaning San Diego 92128 For the snake enthusiast out there. We have a few Ball pythons looking for a home. They will go on a no breeding contract. Two handsome young little male bunnies looking for a home either together or on their own. They have been raised as indoor bunnies. A great big 'Thank you' to My Best Friend, Pet Photography for kindly donating her time to take photos of the animals at the CRD Animal Shelter.

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A big thank you to our business and foundation sponsors! Here are just a few that help the BCCR help little dogs. For more, visit our supporters/resources page!Kelowna, B.C. homeowner Valerie Maltese says the tenants living in her secondary suite have locked her out of her property and she's afraid the bonfires they repeatedly start are going to burn her house down. In March, first-time landlord Maltese rented a suite at her home in the rural Joe Rich neighbourhood to Dustin Rhodes-Shanks, Savanna Malone and Brittany Kreiger. Maltese said almost immediately she was alarmed by the tenants' behaviour. The trio had parties late into the night that kept her and her 13-year-old son awake, she says. Maltese also says Rhodes-Shanks' two pit bull terriers ran freely and killed her neighbour's goats. "I started observing them lighting fires on my property without me giving permission," said Maltese. "I told them, 'I don't have a burn permit. If you are going to light any fires or burn anything, I need to get a permit.'"

The fire department attended two of the fires and issued Maltese with bylaw violation warnings, warning her that if there were any more fires on her property, she would be fined. Remains of one of the bonfires Valerie Maltese's tenants lit that fire fighters attended to put out. Maltese then learned that Rhodes-Shanks and Malone had been recently evicted from a nearby property for starting fires — including a fire last September, which grew to 17 hectares before it was finally extinguished by firefighters. In a written letter to Maltese for an upcoming Residential Tenancy Branch hearing about the case, RCMP Const. Kevin Hamilton wrote: "The bill for actioning this fire totalled approximately $29,000, which was borne by the homeowner. This fire had the potential to destroy nearby residences in the neighbourhood." "It is my personal and professional opinion that the tenants ... pose a significant public danger to Valerie Maltese, her property and the surrounding properties and the occupants in the immediate vicinity," he wrote.

Maltese and her son left their home out of fear for their safety. "There is something so not right about them. My son and I are simply not safe to stay here and sleep through the night," she said. "They are way too unpredictable." Since then the tenants have put a padlock on Maltese's front gate, forcing her to jump over the locked gate to get to her house.They have locked me out of my own property," she said. "It feels like I am in some kind of a bad dream." Maltese is trying to evict the tenants, but she is frustrated with how long the process takes. "I just want my home back and I want legislation to change," she said. "It totally has to change. On March 20, Maltese served her tenants with an eviction notice and is now preparing for a hearing with a Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrator later this month. Valerie Maltese says this photo shows her giving renter Dustin Rhodes-Shanks eviction documents. David Hutniak of LandlordBC, an association of landlords in the province, said the Residential Tenancy Act in B.C. is very well defined and effective, but has deficiencies in extreme cases such as the one Maltese finds herself in.

"Some of the processes in terms of the required time frames for giving eviction notices etc. don't really allow for that sense of urgency that might be required in some situations," he said. "So I think there is an opportunity to do a little fine tuning on something like this." Hutniak said the best way landlords can protect themselves is by screening potential tenants carefully. He said landlords should ask for references and do a credit check before signing a rental agreement with a tenant. "If they do that process properly then they can avoid many of these situations, because the vast majority of tenants in this province are good, respectful tenants and the tenant-landlord relationship is strong," he said. CBC News was unable to contact Dustin Rhodes-Shanks or Savanna Malone, but tenant Brittany Kreiger agreed to an interview. Valerie Maltese says this photo shows her giving renter Savanna Malone eviction documents. Krieger said she does not have a criminal record and has done nothing wrong, admitting that she did put the lock on the gate, to keep her newly-bought puppy safe.