V. Victoria Shroff, KC – Animal Lawyer, Advocate, and Educator

V. Victoria Shroff, KC is Canada’s first and only animal law lawyer appointed King’s Counsel (KC), a prestigious recognition of exceptional legal distinction. Based in British Columbia, she is one of Canada’s first—and the province’s longest-serving—animal law lawyers.

Victoria is Adjunct Professor of Animal Law at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law and teaches at Capilano University. She founded Canada’s first Animal Law Pro Bono Clinic and created Paws of Empathy, an animal law literacy program for children. She is also the founding chair of the national Canadian Animal Law Study Group.

She authored Canadian Animal Law (LexisNexis), widely regarded as the “go to” textbook in the field, with a second edition forthcoming in 2025. Victoria also helped shape BC’s groundbreaking legislation linking companion animals to family law.

Her work has been recognized with numerous honours, including:

• Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers (2023)

• Multiple YWCA Women of Distinction finalist honours

• SEEDS Award from the International Society for Animal Rights

• Letter of recognition from the Premier of British Columbia

A frequent media commentator and TEDx speaker, Victoria lectures nationally and internationally on animal law and sentience. She is an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and affiliated with Global Animal Law.