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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 …

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 …

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 …

Horse carriages on last legs in Victoria after recommendations. For the past several years, the Victoria Horse Alliance has been advocating for a ban on the horse carriages in Victoria, B.C.   On May 4th, they obtained video footage of two horses collapsed at Ogden Point that struggled to get up …

On April 19th, Victoria city council voted seven in favour, two opposed to renew the lease agreements between the horse drawn carriage operators and the City of Victoria. The carriage-horse businesses’ leases with the City had expired on Dec 31st, 2017.  They have now been renewed for five years, until …

Vancouver/Victoria – A new Angus Reid poll reveals that where no pets policies are already illegal, landlords and tenants are more likely to support tenants having the right to have pets in their homes. The poll found residents in provinces like Ontario were most likely to support the right of …

The old adage ”In like a Lion, out like a Lamb,”refers, of course, to the vagaries of March weather, but this March it’s been “Out with lions,” (mountain lions, or cougars), and also “out with” one unfortunate little lamb. On March 6th, three cougars (two juveniles and one adult female) …

What does a citizen-led wolf cull in British Columbia look like? Trapping, snaring and shooting-on-sight of British Columbia’s wolves has been escalated this year by a citizen campaign asking for donations to trappers to eradicate wolves across the province, in order to “grow” ungulate populations. Calling themselves BC Ungulate Foundation, …

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 …