US EditionSearch for Another Vancouver Island Boa Constrictor Prompts Warning About Exotic Pets
- Conservation officers located a 1.5-metre boa constrictor in Miracle Beach Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, last Thursday after a search prompted by a June 25 sighting at the park campground.
- The search followed a previous disappearance of a 1.8-metre boa named Bailey in early June at Tofino's Chesterman Beach, causing concern about exotic snakes on the island.
- Park staff temporarily shut down the 137-hectare park and denied entry to visitors while conducting a swift search that ended when the snake was discovered inside its owner's kayak and transported to the Comox Valley SPCA.
- Sara Dubois, senior director at the BC SPCA, emphasized that keeping exotic animals like boa constrictors requires careful commitment, highlighting that these snakes can live up to 30 years and need specialized veterinary care. She also stated that such creatures are not suitable as pets and should not be kept by individuals unprepared for their unique needs.
- After remaining unclaimed, the boa is now available for adoption while authorities continue to investigate whether it escaped or was intentionally abandoned. Dubois noted that finding an appropriate owner will be a rare and specialized responsibility.
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Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor leads to warning about exotic pets
Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack — the haystack being a 137-hectare park on Vancouver Island, and the needle being a 1.5-metre-long boa constrictor.
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Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2025, neighbors reported the discovery of a Boa snake at least 3 meters long in the courtyard of a house of private Pecul, in the La Venta de Villahermosa, Tabasco fractionation. The incident occurred in the morning and the authorities intervened to capture the specimen along with seven live young and an egg, which generated amazement among the inhabitants. What did the authorities do after the finding of the 3 meters boa in …
Neighbors of the La Venta division lived moments of amazement when they discovered a boa of 3 meters, seven young and an egg in the courtyard of a house. Civil Protection went to the place and carried out an operation for their safe relocation. Great surprise lived neighbors of the private Pecul, in the La Venta de Villahermosa, Tabasco fractionation, when they discovered in the courtyard of a house a boa constrictor of approximately three meter…
Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets – Energeticcity.ca
Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack — the haystack being a 137-hectare park on Vancouver Island, and the needle being a 1.5-metre-long boa constrictor. But searchers for the snake had a reliable witness, and cool conditions last week in the area suggested it was unlikely the cold-blooded reptile could have slithered far from where it was seen in Miracle Beach Prov…
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