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 …
Use of snares in Western Canadian wolf culls fuels ethical debate
Snares not only are inhumane, but wildly indiscriminate, often killing non-target species, such as cougars, Lynx, deer, bears and moose. As if to underscore the random nature of snares, in late February two golden eagles were brought in to the Medicine River Wildlife Centre near Raven, 60 kilometres southwest of Red Deer, after being caught in wolf snares. One bird …
Wolves the necessary predator in Canada, Go Vote no for them!
There are only about 500 eastern wolves in all of North America, she noted, and most — about 300 — of those are in Ontario. Rather than view wolves as the sort of fanged monsters depicted in European fairytales, Northern Ontarians should embrace them as subtle keepers of ecological balance. That was the argument put forth Thursday night at a …
Wolf Kept Alive Year After Year So Government Can Kill His Friends
For the love of animals. Pass it on. We have to stop the use of Judas Wolves everywhere!! The wolf was caught in a painful foot trap that pierced his paw with a metal spike. He was tranquilized and fitted with a radio collar, then let loose to rejoin his pack. Several months later, a helicopter came, and the collared …