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		<title>Victoria&#8217;s Peacock Paradox</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was cycling along Oxford St by the Cook Street Village when I saw the strangest thing: two police officers putting a peacock in a &#8216;paddy wagon&#8217;. (Side note: peacocks are the flashy males, peahens are females, and known collectively as peafowl, but I&#8217;ll use the term peacock for the purpose [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Price of Caring For Pets in 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[➡Editors Note: Be sure to check out the Updates at the bottom. This isn&#8217;t a typical topic for The Victoria Vegan, but many vegans also support rescues, and try to give rescued animals the best lives they can, so this is likely a topic of interest to many of our readers, and may welcome some [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Updates to Victoria&#8217;s Pet Bylaws</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In two earlier postings we&#8217;ve commented on the proposed pet bylaw updates that the City of Victoria has been looking into. Sadly, despite several emails since late July to Councilor Thornton-Joe (who&#8217;s heading the project), we hadn&#8217;t heard back. Well, until 6pm last night, an hour and a half before I had to be at [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Open, joint letter from Friends of Animals and LIDA re proposed Victoria pet limit rules</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Below is a joint letter from FoA and Lawyers in Defense of Animals, Inc. (LIDA) commenting on pet restrictions in Victoria, which was featured in the Times Colonist a few months ago (see this blog entry.) I&#8217;ve sent repeated letters requesting more information on the issue to Mayor Fortin and Councillor Thornton-Joe, with no response, [...]]]></description>
		
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