Cover photo credit: TJ Watts, last photo of Takaya March 24, 2021 will mark a year since the famous west coast wolf known as Takaya was killed by a hunter on Vancouver Island.  Two months before his killing winter storms had taken him by strong currents to an urban Victoria …

The Fur-Bearers, a Canadian wildlife advocacy group founded in1953, has funded three rotating messages on digital billboards on the Patricia Bay Highway (near Mt. Newton Cross Road) in Victoria. One of the photos is of a B.C. raccoon, who was caught and “degloved” earlier this year by a trap considered …

His name is Boris. and he’s fine. The BC Conservation Officer Service tells mainstream media that they receive thousands of bear calls every year, yet the $230.00 fines for unsecured trash that they are authorized to give out are rarely imposed. This has resulted in neighbourhood conflicts and a deep …

For five weekends this summer, advocates from Victoria Horse Alliance have peacefully protested at the corner of Menzies and Belleville; holding signs, speaking with the public, and handing out leaflets. Advocates are all instructed to not engage with carriage staff unless staff engage with them. “The people who come out …

Warning: graphic content To help hunters combat boredom during Covid 19 isolation the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development declared hunting an essential service and issued more than 4,800 black bear tags for the spring season of 2020. Hunter training can be accomplished online.  Licenses …

In 2019, the Animal Alliance of Canada obtained documents indicating that an organization calling itself the Pacific Pinniped Balance Society, now known as Pacific Balance Marine Management (PBMM) was planning to lobby the government to start an annual seal and sea lion harvest off the coast of Vancouver Island.  This …