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CTV News
15-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
Boa constrictor Bailey, reported missing at B.C. beach, turns up in owner's kayak
This photo posted to Facebook by the Coastal Animal Rescue & Education Network shows Bailey, a boa constrictor that briefly went missing. (Credit: Facebook//coastalanimalrescue) Bailey the boa constrictor has turned up safe in its owner's kayak after being reported missing at a beach in Tofino, B.C., this week. James Rodgers, co-founder of the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network, says the owner who reported the six-foot reptile missing on Sunday found it on Wednesday. Rodgers says it's likely the snake slipped into the kayak, which its owner also brought to a beach, on the day it was thought to have gone missing. He says it is not clear how someone could miss a six-foot-long snake inside a kayak. The network says in a social media post that Bailey had been 'snoozing' in the kayak. It says the snake is 13 years old and 'a little small' for its age. This report by Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press, was first published June 13, 2025.
CTV News
10-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
Six-foot boa constrictor goes missing from beach in Tofino, B.C.
A boa constrictor said to be six feet long remains on the loose after slithering away at Tofino's Chesterman Beach on Vancouver Island's West Coast. James Rogers, co-founder of the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network in Tofino, says the young man who owns the snake reported it missing Monday after it disappeared Sunday afternoon. Rogers says it is not clear why the owner took the exotic animal to the beach. Rogers says anyone encountering the tan-coloured snake should contact his organization, adding that it has never dealt with a missing snake since it was formed 14 years ago. Boa constrictors feed on lizards, rodents and birds, and B.C. categorizes them as restricted animals that cannot be released under any circumstances, requiring permits for owning and transporting them if they are longer than three metres. This report by Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2025.
