Jared Hobbs works as a biologist and a photographer based in Victoria, BC. Since graduating from UBC in 1994, he has worked on many of BC's species at risk, including Spotted Owls, and has recently completed his master's degree studying rattlesnakes. Hobb's is also a renowned wildlife photographer, whose images have appeared in calendars, government publications, books, and magazines, including Owl, Canadian Geographic, Hobo, and British Columbia Magazine.