Bizarrely, it’s the second search for a boa constrictor on Vancouver Island in the past month, after a 1.8-metre boa named Bailey was reported missing at Tofino’s Chesterman Beach in early June.

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 ...

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 ...

Because the snake is native to the Brisbane region, Mark Pelley suspects it escaped from a passenger’s luggage during a flight from Brisbane to Melbourne.