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Podcast: Animals sold in takeout containers? A look at Canada’s wildlife trade
All episodes Animals dying in transport, bred without oversight, and sold in deli containers. What is happening in Canada’s exotic pet trade? In this month’s episode of the Informed Animal Ally, the Vancouver Humane Society’s Chantelle Archambault and Amy Morris discuss Canada’s exotic pet trade, from breeding or capture to selling and keeping, as well…
Hastings horse death just weeks before start of race season prompts renewed calls for change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER, April 17, 2025 – The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) is reiterating concerns after learning that a 3-year-old horse was injured and euthanized during a recent timed workout at Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse. On April 13, 2025, a horse named Wynn Magic suffered a compound fracture to the left front leg and…