BC SPCA asks public to remove bird feeders after province-wide salmonella outbreak SHARE ON: The BC SPCA is asking you to remove your bird feeders for the time being. The organization says it’s because a deadly salmonella outbreak that has spread throughout the province, especially on South Vancouver Island. “2021 has gotten off to a rough start for pine siskins on southern Vancouver Island and the rest of the province with a deadly outbreak of salmonella,” says Andrea Wallace, manager of wild animal welfare. So far in January, the BC SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) has admitted 43 pine siskin birds with many of them showing signs of disease but few surviving.