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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>Letters Needed: Mt Doug Pumpkins Attract Wildlife to Dangerous Roadside</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re asking Victoria residents who care about wildlife to write Saanich Council about the pumpkins that have been left along the Mt. Doug Parkway the last few years. While they may seem quaint and innocent enough, they&#8217;re actually attractants, which draw in a number of species to this busy roadway. Small rodents like rats or [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Humane Meat: It&#8217;s Not Humane for Nature</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/humane-meat-its-not-humane-for-nature/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, October 15th I attended the Wildlife Co-Existence Event organized by the Vegan Congress at Emily Carr University in Vancouver. I was flattered to be included (with a vastly more knowledgeable panel) featuring Dan Straker,  Urban Wildlife Coordinator of the Stanley Park Ecology Society, Dr. Sara Dubois, Chief Scientific Officer from the BC SPCA and [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Feeding the World? More Like Devouring the Planet.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 19:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A recent National Geographic Magazine features food, and feeding the predicted 9 billion people that are expected to be on planet Earth for 2050. While lacking in conviction, Jonathan Foley does suggest eating less meat and animal products. Like the majority of writers wishing to remain popular, he doesn&#8217;t push for eliminating what is a [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catching Up: Living With Beavers, Tree-Wrapping with APFA</title>
		<link>https://thevictoriavegan.ca/blog/catching-up-living-with-beavers-tree-wrapping-with-apfa/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2014 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, May 1st, I joined Adrian Nelson from the Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals (APFA) on a trip to a rural Langley residence that was getting visits from beavers. You can see in the photo above this beaver&#8217;s been busy! He&#8217;d already munched on a few trees before. Instead of trapping the [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oak Bay &#038; CRD Deer Updates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, the Oak Bay News published a letter from Nils Jensen &#38; the Oak Bay Council on the deer. (Original PDF can be found here, a bit better formatting, from the City of Oak Bay website.) It&#8217;s great they&#8217;re increasing feeding fines and allowing taller fences (there was a 6&#8242; height restriction, which [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oak Bay Deer Booklet Distribution!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  UPDATE: 2nd distribution session on Saturday, March 1st from 12-4pm &#8211; come to our table in front of Oak Bay City Hall to get booklets, and select your neighborhood for dropping booklets in mailboxes &#8211; we need bodies to complete this project! NEW FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/events/248398695332897/ Photos: from our first session in February, [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oak Bay: Are Deer the Problem, or is it Speeding?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, January 30th, an elderly man was struck by a vehicle at a crosswalk on Cadboro Bay Rd in Oak Bay, according to this Times Colonist news story. Friends of Animals has been targeting Cadboro Bay Rd for speeding and dangerous driving, but on behalf of deer. According to the CRD Regional Deer Management [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oak Bay: Slow Down for Deer!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Friday, December 20th, from 4-5pm, seven other deer activists joined me on Cadboro Bay Road across from the Uplands Golf Course on a frigid, rainy night holding bright signs to persuade drivers to slow down. Our media release can be read here. This section of road is the #1 site for deer fatalities in [...]]]></description>
		
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		<title>ACTION NEEDED: 25 Deer Sentenced to Death in Oak Bay – Write City Hall Now!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Shishkoff, Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A deer spotted on Richardson Street. Oak Bay City Hall has announced that they’re planning to exterminate25 deer over the next year (see Times Colonist article here). Killing animals is a brutal and barbaric decision, and is rarely effectivein reducing their numbers long-term. Nature is resilient, and often even moreanimals return due to the upset [...]]]></description>
		
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