legislation
Key Animal Welfare By-laws in BC
Circus bylaws in British Columbia
City of Victoria 1991
City of Vancouver 1992 (circuses prohibited, but other animal performances are permitted)
City of North Vancouver 1992 (business licence bylaw)
City of North Vancouver, District of Oak Bay
City of Nanaimo 1992
City of Surrey 1993
City of New Westminster 1993
City of Burnaby 1993
City of Coquitlam 1996
Corporation of Delta 1996
City of Kamloops 1999
City of Kelowna
City of Chilliwack
District of Maple Ridge
Municipality of North Cowichan
City of Parksville
District of Saanich
City of Salmon Arm
Spay/neuter bylaws
Corporation of Delta 1993
City of Coquitlam 1994
City of Surrey 1998
City of North Vancouver 1999
Corporation of Maple Ridge 1999
City of Richmond 2001
District of North Vancouver
City of Port Moody
City of Surrey
Bylaws restricting/prohibiting exotic pet ownership or sale
City of Abbotsford
City of Surrey (prohibits sale only) City of Burnaby (only restricts the number of snakes kept)
City of Courtenay
City of Cranbrook
City of Dawson Creek
Township of Esquimalt
City of Fort St. John
City of Kelowna
City of Langley (prohibits sale only)
City of New Westminster
City of North Vancouver
District of Oak Bay
District of Peachland
District Port Hardy
City of Powell River
City of Richmond (prohibits sale only)
City of Terrace
District of Tumbler Ridge
Bylaws setting minimum care standards for dogs
City of Burnaby
City of Coquitlam
District of Delta
Village of Lions Bay
District of Maple Ridge
City of New Westminster
City of North Vancouver
District of North Vancouver
City of Richmond
City of Surrey
City of Vancouver
District of West Vancouver
Bylaws regulating pet stores
City of North Vancouver
District of North Vancouver
City of Richmond (in business licence bylaw)
Vancouver zoo referendum
Voters in the city of Vancouver voted in a 1993 referendum to close the Stanley Park Zoo, the city’s only zoo.
