There is no doubt that Oak Bay’s plan to kill 25 deer in a “pilot project” that could very well set the stage for how the further killing of deer will be handled across the Capital Regional District has been controversial, dividing communities both in and out of Oak Bay.  …

It’s 11pm and after a long night at work, my night is only beginning. With the Oak Bay deer cull purportedly in full swing, the traps are in and the contractors ready to kill, the nights are too quiet to get any sleep. There are rumblings of all the details, …

Update!:The Luxton Pro Rodeo has been cancelled due to lack of funding!  Much of this success is due to the diligence and hard work of Melissa de Muelles-Wolf of Victoria Citizens Against Rodeo Events (VCARE).  Melissa did an incredible job of apply pressure to the Luxton Rodeo’s sponsors, which heavily pulled …

To begin, let there be no mistake that the lives of non-human animals lost to war are lives taken, not given. When humans give themselves over to the ideological illusion of patriotic duty to a country, a landmass, a spiritual symbol, or a flag they do so as agents who …

It is not unusual to find more hypocrisy than ‘thanks’ being given this time of year on the traditional Thanksgiving holiday. People throughout North America come together as families to break bread and eat the flesh of turkeys, which are ironically the mascot many of these people endear for this …

I must admit, there is a great deal of nostalgia that overwhelms me when I walk into the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm. When I was a kid, this was a magical place where I would watch and get to engage with other animals that I had only ever seen on …

Every year, Canada’s universities conduct thousands of experiments on animals including pigs, mice, cats, rabbits, goats, monkeys, even wild-caught songbirds. In 2012, the number of animals used by the University of British Columbia – the 2nd largest biomedical campus in Canada – rose to a staggering 227,362. Much of this …