A new study prepared by Greenchain Consulting for the  South Island Prosperity Partnership calling for a new slaughterhouse in southern Vancouver Island is receiving a failing grade from animal advocates who say no one is asking for more meat.  The study proposes there is a need for a new poultry slaughterhouse …

Recent news that councillors in Central Saanich is considering allowing horse carriage tours in the municipality was met with disapproval by animal advocates from the Victoria Horse Alliance who called the expansion a desperate attempt by the carriage industry to survive in a world where animal tourism is on its way out. …

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 …

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 …

This Thursday morning at 8:30am the Victoria Horse Alliance (VHA) delivered over 40,000 signatures from their Change.org petition calling on mayor and council to endorse the recommendations of the BC SPCA and ban horse carriages in Victoria.  At 12:30pm today, two representatives from the BC SPCA will be answering questions …

Many Victorians were introduced to locally born Jordan Reichert of the Animal Protection Party of Canada (APPC) in the 2015 federal election and he is excited to announce he will be returning as a candidate for the 2019 federal election. Since 2015, Jordan has become the deputy leader of the …

Penny is a sweet and very popular pig living at RASTA Sanctuary on Vancouver Island.  The unique part of her rescue story is that she perpetrated the event herself … Two years ago, as a man sped along a busy highway in Saskatchewan, he was amazed to see a small …

Gracie, a 160-pound “pot belly” pig, is lucky now to be living her life at A Home for Hooves farm sanctuary in Duncan, BC.   She has a pen and shelter with her name inscribed to let you know that it is “her place”. Finally, she has a place. Gracie was …

At least the second horse carriage accident in the past three months. At approximately 7:45pm last night, a witness contacted Victoria Horse Alliance with a report of a horse carriage accident at the cruise ship terminal at Ogden Point. One witness who took pictures of the incident immediately after it …

Jordan Reichert is a community, animal, environmental, and social justice advocate born and raised in Victoria, B.C.  Having run previously in the 2015 federal election for the Animal Protection Party of Canada, and in the 2017 provincial election as an independent, Reichert has decided to run for municipal council in …