Meet the Rare Swimming Wolves That Eat Seafood Unlike their interior cousins, coastal wolves of Vancouver Island live with two paws in the ocean and two paws on land. They move like ghosts along the shorelines of Canada’s Vancouver Island, so elusive that people rarely see them lurking in the mossy forests. British filmmaker Bertie Gregory was one of the …
Wolf pup killed by a train in Banff National Park
A wolf pup was hit and killed by a train last weekend in Banff National Park. Parks Canada says it was notified on June 18 by the crew of a CP freight train that a wolf had been struck in Hillsdale Meadow, near the area where a Bow Valley pack has its den. The pup was born early this spring and was around …
163 wolves killed in second year of B.C.’s controversial cull
There were twice as many wolves killed in the second year of B.C.’s controversial cull than the first, the government revealed Tuesday. A total of 163 wolves were shot from helicopters over the winter in the South Selkirk and South Peace regions, compared to the 84 that were killed the previous year. The B.C. government maintains the cull is necessary …
Environmentalists challenge B.C.’s controversial wolf cull in court
The B.C. government’s controversial wolf cull is being challenged in court by two environmental groups that say the program fails to meet the legal requirements of proper wildlife management. Pacific Wild and the Valhalla Wilderness Society have filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court calling for the cancellation of a wildlife permit that authorizes the wolf kill, and for an …