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Owl killed at Ministry of Environment office building
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...
Family of Cougars Killed on BC Family Day
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...
A One-man Bounty on BC Wolves
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....
Killing to Conserve
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...
Cougars not safe anywhere in BC
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. This made them easy targets when Conservation...
Ingmar and the Whale
On July 5, 2016 Ingmar Lee of Denny Island, near Bella Bella, heard a message on the marine distress channel that a humpback whale was entangled in netting nearby. He found the whale towing about 100 feet of net, fishing line and ropes. The whale was visibly...
Dog caught in Leghold Trap, Conservation Officer Indifferent
One afternoon in February, 2016, Lynne Cracknell and her husband took their dogs for an outing near White River Provincial Park. The nightmare that followed when one of the dogs stepped into a leghold trap near their parked vehicle didn't end for Lynne after she and...
Awaiting Rescue, Black Bear Cub Destroyed by Conservation Officer
On Friday, May 6, 2017 Tiana Jackson was driving from her home to Dawson Creek, 50 km away. Three kilometres from her home she noticed a tiny bear cub at the side of the road. After a call to the RCMP she was in contact with Conservation Officer Micah Kneller. The...
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