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Environmentalists challenge B.C.’s controversial wolf cull in court 

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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 …

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Use of snares in Western Canadian wolf culls fuels ethical debate

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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 …