Truth be known, he probably just saw them… He claims he outran them… yeah right… A Labrador man turned from prey to predator this week, when he tracked down and killed a group of wolves that chased him on his dogsled. Guido Rich hunted the four animals — two on Wednesday night, and two more on Thursday morning — after they chased him …
End wolf bounties and poisonings in Alberta, petition urges
An Alberta-based wildlife protection group is calling on the province to make changes to its wolf culling program that it says will make it more humane. Over the past three years, Wolf Matters has been instrumental in collecting around 10,000 signatures on a petition that was presented to the Alberta Legislature in December. The wolf cull is part of the provincial …
Alberta Canada uses Strychnine and Compound 1080 to Kill Wolves
A 10,000-signature petition is urging the province to do more to protect wolves. How will government balance that with caribou preservation? In December, Banff-Cochrane MLA Cameron Westhead tabled a petition of 10,000 signatures pleading for the provincial government to protect Alberta’s wolves. But Alberta has a delicate balancing act on its hands — halting wolf culls could mean the end of the woodland …
Controversial Alberta wolf cull continues on to try to save endangered caribou
Despite ongoing criticism, the Alberta government is continuing with its wolf cull for another three years in an ongoing effort to save endangered caribou. The province has just closed a request for proposal for a helicopter to continue a program to track, capture and fit caribou and wolves with radio collars through the use of net-gunning between October and March …