# Source note — BCRC September 2026 reptile expo

Original Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Pot7Uk5wX/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Resolved Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/100064645663275/posts/1445485054283003/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=qWR9zDjCeXTYQAlB
Captured: 2026-08-30
Facebook post author: BC Reptile Club (BCRC)
Facebook date visible: July 25

## Preserved material
- `facebook-event-image.jpg` — BCRC event poster.
- `facebook-visible-post-and-comments.txt` — visible post text summary, vendor list, engagement counts and author sold-out note.
- `yt-dlp.stderr.txt` — extractor result; Facebook item required registered-user access and no MP4 was extracted.

## Supporting sources
- BCRC official September Expo 2026 page.
- BCRC home/about text describing the club as a provincially registered non-profit advocating for exotic pets and keepers, formed in 2008, hosting a bi-annual reptile expo and encouraging high care/husbandry standards.
- B.C. government Controlled Alien Species page and individual-owner guidance.
- Controlled Alien Species Regulation source trail.
- BC SPCA exotic-animal-law and welfare context.
- Vancouver Humane Society exotic-animal/mobile-live-animal-program context.

## Editorial note
This is an event/community feature, not an accusation against BCRC or any named vendor. It separates event promotion from provincial regulatory and animal-welfare context. NewsForBC did not inspect vendor compliance, animal enclosures or species lists beyond publicly visible materials.