VANCOUVER -- For the second time in as many years, an animal has been found in a frozen block of ice in Dawson Creek, SPCA officials said today.
"Yesterday afternoon we received a call about a deceased cat who had been found frozen inside a block of ice at the Mile Zero Trailer Park," said Marcie Moriarty, general manager of cruelty investigations for the B.C. SPCA, in a press release. "The ice block, which looks to have been made from a large rubber bin, was left at the side of the road just a few doors down from where the corpse of a medium-size black dog was found frozen inside a similar block of ice last year.
"It is absolutely appalling that a cruel incident like this would occur once, but to have it happen again in the same neighbourhood is extremely upsetting," she said. SPCA investigators obtained evidence from the site and are waiting for necropsy results on the cat.
"Unfortunately no one came forward with information regarding last year's case but we are hoping that someone in Dawson Creek knows something that will help us identify the individual responsible in this new incident so that we can seek justice and ensure that a sickening crime like this does not happen again," Moriarty said in the release.
Anyone with information is asked to please call the South Peace SPCA Branch at 250-782-2444.
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