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This past Sunday, a horse-drawn carriage driver was documented by the group Victoria Horse Alliance texting on their phone while giving a tour down Government St. This is not the first time carriage drivers have been documented caught distracted driving in Victoria by the group. Jordan Reichert of the Victoria …

Bounty: a payment to encourage the destruction of noxious animals. Webster-Merriam Wolves in British Columbia are in grave danger at this writing. Steve Isdahl has proudly taken it upon himself on social media to have as many wolves killed in the province as he can. Contacting trappers on Facebook he …

Cover Photo credit: Mark Schneider Salt Spring Island is the most densely populated island in the Capital Regional District. The Salt Spring Island Conservancy was formed to protect, restore, enhance and maintain wildlife habitats and ecosystems on their seven nature reserves. Seven hundred acres of conservancy land represent 1% of Salt …

VICTORIA, Nov. 28, 2016 With the two Vancouver Aquarium’s belugas, Qila and Aurora, now dead, all eyes are on whether the Aquarium will continue to confine cetaceans. While the Aquarium has called these animals “ambassadors,” they have come under increased scrutiny and pressure to end their cetacean captivity and breeding …

Young cougars fall victim to BC’s ongoing war on wildlife. On November 25, 2016 two cougar kittens were killed in Ocean Falls, BC.  They were shot on a private dock while consuming a seal that they had killed.  Unable to drag their catch away from the area, they remained nearby.  …

CONSERVATION OFFICER WANTS TRAP RETURNED TO TRAPPER By Kelly Carson of DeerSafe Victoria Part 2 of a multi-part series on conservation officers, trophy hunting and culls in B.C.  Read part one here. One afternoon in February, 2016, Lynne Cracknell and her husband took their dogs for an outing near White …

Victoria joins 15 other cities across North America to commemorate, educate, and celebrate on National Animal Rights Day, June 4th. While billions of animals are killed every year in North America and across the world for food, clothing, experimentation, and entertainment unless you are someone who frequents the pages of …

Petition to ban the horse carriages necessary to raise awareness of cruelty and safety concerns, reports advocates. Victoria Horse Alliance’s petition to ban the horse carriages has been a long time coming, but is part of a larger picture approach.  They have been relatively quiet for the past several months while laying …

Oak Bay Orca Defaced, Covered Up Quickly. It all started here. Tilikum, the subject of the breakout documentary Blackfish was taken from the waters off Iceland and first forced to perform in Oak Bay, at Sealand of the Pacific. That was over 30 years ago. Now, the Oak Bay orca statue that …