Wolves can no longer be hunted in Killarney Provincial Park, as well as certain other area in the province. Ontario is taking measures to protect the threatened Algonquin wolf population by introducing new rules for hunting and trapping in certain areas. Due to the similarity in appearance of Algonquin wolf and coyotes and other wolves, the province has closed the …
The removal of wolves, an apex predator, allowed the deer population to explode
ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO — Our environment is fluid, changes within the ecology happen frequently. But just because it’s Nature doesn’t mean that all change is natural. Far too often the catalyst for change is man. Ontario’s Algonquin Provincial Park has seen some interesting and dramatic changes in it’s predator-prey dynamic over the last century, caused by the hand of …