“Conservation officers have seized a nearly three-metre-long Burmese python from a home in Chilliwack.”
While this particular species of snake is illegal to keep in B.C., MANY other wild and exotic species are, in fact, legal to keep as pets. But wild and exotic animals, whether wild-caught or captive-bred, retain their complex social, physiological and behavioural needs that they would have in the wild. As a result, they can experience significant suffering when kept as pets.
The VHS has been calling on the B.C. government for better protections for wild and exotic animals. Add your name in support!