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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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