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 | 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...
by Kelly Carson | Sep 26, 2020 | Advocacy, News, wildlife
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...
by Kelly Carson | Aug 2, 2020 | Advocacy, wildlife
Bear Family fleeing Conservation Officers July 30, 2019 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...
Recent Comments