by Kelly Carson | Dec 14, 2021 | Advocacy, wildlife
Yet another citizens’ cull of wolves in British Columbia is underway in 2021. Knowing that the optics of their violent hobby will do damage to public opinion of hunting, groups and individuals are careful to post to private social media platforms. At least one...
by Kelly Carson | Nov 28, 2021 | Current events
On November 16, 2021 Deanna Pfeifer of Rodenticide Free BC received a call about a dead great-horned owl at the Jutland Road office of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy in Victoria. Black poison boxes had been located against the outer walls of...
by Kelly Carson | Feb 20, 2021 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
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...
by Kelly Carson | Dec 31, 2020 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
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 community, where he was trapped and relocated...
by Kelly Carson | Sep 26, 2020 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
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...
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