VANCOUVER — The provincial government’s current grey wolf cull, which targets 184 animals to save the dwindling caribou population, is being called unethical and scientifically flawed by an advocacy group.
The South Selkirk caribou population is at high risk of local extinction, as the herd has dropped from 49 in 2009 to 18.
In four caribou herds in the South Peace region, populations are decreasing, and 37% of adult mortalities have been documented as wolf predation.
A peer-reviewed Wolf Management Plan released last April outlined the targeted aerial wolf removal measure to protect the caribou population.
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