On February 15, 2021 (BC Family Day) a resident group of trophy hunters went out into the newly fallen snow on Vancouver Island to easily track cougars. They killed four that day, likely an entire family. The woman among the hunters took to her public Instagram account to post the …

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 …

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 …

Tristin Hopper standing on the body of a raccoon he killed. Tristin Hopper of the newly formed online magazine “The Capital” has recently returned to Victoria to base his free-lance career here. His welcome was worn out for many Victoria residents on August 23, 2019 with this tweet: Tristin Hopper’s …

Bear family fleeing conservation officers. On the afternoon of July 30, 2019 a Conservation Officer Service truck arrived in the Coquitlam neighbourhood of Sumpter Drive and Baker Drive.  Susan Flint was on her phone when she heard a commotion, someone shouting “Bear! Bear!” and looked out her window to see …

Temper tantrums and bad behaviour steer wildlife management in British Columbia. In February 2018 my friend and colleague Jordan Reichert posted my Victoria Animal News story “A One-Man Bounty on Wolves in BC,” to his public page.  In that article I revealed a plan by a BC hunter, Steve Isdahl, …

On May 3, 2018 witnesses observed a grizzly cub under a bridge near Grand Cache, Alberta. They called the Grand Cache Animal Society. Brandy Gienger, one of the founders of the Society, went to the site to check on the condition of the cub. She advised the provincial Fish and …

Charges of mischief have been stayed by the Crown against local politician and animal advocate, Jordan Reichert. In a statement released today, Mr. Reichert said, “These charges were a gross misuse of public resources and the Crown has recognized this by not proceeding with them. I did not break the law …