Drill Baby Drill
Alaska governor Sarah Palin is really more frightening than fiesty \ \ CounterPunch, October 20, 2008 \ Monday Magazine,\’a0 October 15, 2008 \ \ By Chris Genovali \ \ Victoria’s Times-Colonist writer Iain Hunter’s recent column on John McCain’s vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin (“Our election needs Palin’s feistiness,” September 8, 2008) exemplifies the type of…
Wild Salmon in Trouble
Wild Salmon in Trouble Video – at the Watershed Watch site Watershed Watch produced the animation ‘Wild Salmon in Trouble’ to clarify why sea lice are a problem for wild salmon and to provide an overview of the salmon life cycle so the public can make informed decisions regarding the seafood they purchase.
Wolves prefer seafood to steak
In a remote neck of Canada’s backwoods the deer catch a break during the fall. That’s when the wolves go fishing. “Although most people imagine wolves chasing deer and other hoofed animals …
Wolves prefer fish over meat
Researchers found that the Timber wolf prefers salmon when it is available, although it has traditionally been viewed as a ferocious pack animal that hunts and kills deer. A team who looked at the feeding habits of wolves in a remote area of British Columbia in Canada found …
Fearsome deer hunters? No, wolves would rather dine on a dainty fish dish
By Daily Mail Reporter September 2, 2008 Wolves have a reputation as fearsome meat-eating hunters, but given the choice they would rather have a tasty salmon, scientists have found. This is because a leisurely fishing trip is safer and less exhausting than chasing deer. Salmon also provides an excellent source of nutrition.
Wolves would rather fish than hunt, biologists say
The Ottawa Citizen Vancouver Sun Tom Spears Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Wolves would rather fish than hunt, says a new Canadian study that found British Columbia wolves turn up their noses at deer when they can catch spawning salmon. Not only is fish great food, the B.C. biologists found, but it’s also safer for wolves,…
Whose afraid of the big bad wolf? Salmon are
A four-year study of prey remains in wolf droppings and chemical analysis of shed hair shows the predators exclusively eating salmon when the fish was available …
British Columbia wolves have taste for salmon, new study finds
Financial Post Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 A team of biologists has discovered “Canada’s newest marine mammal” — the wolf. A new Canadian study of the feeding patterns of British Columbia wolf packs found that they would rather fish than hunt. The study found that wolves routinely turn up their noses at…
Venison’s fine, but wolves prefer salmon
Wolves are not quite the red-blooded hunters we thought they were. It appears they prefer to dine on a nice piece of salmon rather than …
Grizzly bears need protection
Vancouver Sun, Thursday, July 31, 2008 Letter: by Chris Genovali Re: B.C. grizzly population at ‘great risk’, July 29 I’d like to clarify an important point in the article. I did not state that the 430 grizzly bears killed in 2007 were all from sport hunting. What I did say is that a record number…
Grizzlies at ‘great risk,’ hunting ban urged
Conservationists press premier on matter Vancouver Sun July 28, 2008 Kelly Sinoski As hunters prepare for the fall season, conservationists are calling on the provincial government to keep the grizzlies out of the hunt. A coalition of scientists, conservationists and animal advocates sent a letter to Premier Gordon Campbell Monday, suggesting it ban grizzly hunting…