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GENERAL

The Claim

The number of animal protection calls in New Brunswick increased by roughly 50% from 2020 to 2024.

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The Short Version

Official NBSPCA reporting supports the broad claim that call volume in 2024 was about 50% higher than in 2020. The main caveat is that publicly available materials are not fully transparent about which call category the percentage refers to, and some subcategories show different growth rates. So the direction and approximate magnitude are supported, but the metric is not perfectly defined.

Caveats

  • The published sources do not clearly provide the 2020 baseline figure needed to independently verify the percentage.
  • "Animal protection calls," "complaints," and cruelty/neglect reports may not be identical categories; some reports show different since-2020 increases for different measures.
  • Most external coverage appears to repeat NBSPCA's framing rather than independently audit the underlying calculation.

The Receipts

  1. NBSPCA Reports Record Year of Animal Protection Calls

    NBSPCA

  2. Les rapports de la SPCA du Nouveau-Brunswick enregistrent une année record d’appels

    SPCA du Nouveau-Brunswick

  3. La protection des animaux au Nouveau-Brunswick

    Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick

  4. NBSPCA sees record complaints in 2025 but fewer animal seizures…

    NBSPCA

  5. Annual Report 2023 - NBSPCA

    New Brunswick SPCA (hosted via New Brunswick Equestrian Association)

  6. Les cas de cruauté animale sont en importante hausse au N.-B.

    Acadie Nouvelle

  7. N.B. SPCA reports busiest year in history

    CTV News

  8. New Brunswick SPCA says number of animal cruelty complaints up

    Global News

  9. NBSPCA reports record animal protection calls, rising costs

    Your Saint John

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New Brunswick