TRACS is a registered, non-profit charity dedicated to the kind and compassionate treatment of all living beings. In addition to hands-on rescue work and crisis intervention, we actively promote public awareness in areas where animals are exploited for profit, abused, or denied natural conditions.
"... we must ... seek to find a new spirit ... goodness and compassion should extend to all creatures".
--- Albert Schweitzer
"... we must ... seek to find a new spirit ... goodness and compassion should extend to all creatures".
--- Albert Schweitzer
In the spring of 1994, a neighbourhood horse cruelty case catapulted a group of upper Glenrosa (Westbank) residents into the world of animal protection. After the horses had been placed in good homes, TRACS began to take shape and grow. Our organization became a non-profit society (based in B.C.) at the end of that year, and a federal charity in 1995.
Since those early beginnings, TRACS has rescued and re-homed hundreds of at-risk PMU (Pregnant Mare Urine) foals and other needy equines. We supported the enactment of a 1999 city bylaw prohibiting performing "circus" animals; then several years later, we were invited to join the City of Kelowna/Regional District prohibited animals bylaw committee, a more comprehensive initiative that banned the keeping and breeding of additional exotics. We have fought to raise awareness about animals killed by the cruel fur industry, including the annual slaughter of baby harp seals in Canada. We hold the Kelowna contract for management of free-roaming rabbits, and to date have rescued over 750 of the animals and placed them in safe, secure sanctuary pens.
Since those early beginnings, TRACS has rescued and re-homed hundreds of at-risk PMU (Pregnant Mare Urine) foals and other needy equines. We supported the enactment of a 1999 city bylaw prohibiting performing "circus" animals; then several years later, we were invited to join the City of Kelowna/Regional District prohibited animals bylaw committee, a more comprehensive initiative that banned the keeping and breeding of additional exotics. We have fought to raise awareness about animals killed by the cruel fur industry, including the annual slaughter of baby harp seals in Canada. We hold the Kelowna contract for management of free-roaming rabbits, and to date have rescued over 750 of the animals and placed them in safe, secure sanctuary pens.
