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Chris Genovali and Sadie Parr/Huffington Post
Grey wolves in Alberta are exposed to lethal threats from every angle, including aerial gunning from helicopters, choking neck-snares, and poison-baits…
Sadie Parr and Chris Genovali/Calgary Herald
Grey wolves in Alberta are exposed to lethal threats from every angle, including aerial gunning, neck snares, and poison-baits that lure wolves to excruciating deaths…
Chris Genovali and Paul Paquet/Vancouver Sun
The senseless killing of Cecil the lion has catalyzed a worldwide discussion about the gratuitous trophy hunting of large carnivores…
Raincoast scientists publish response to paper advocating Alberta’s wolf cull in the name of caribou recovery. It addresses the ethics and science of the approach and methods that were published in Canadian Journal of Zoology, November 2015…
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An earlier murder escapade in Alberta didn’t work and there’s no reason to assume this one will…
The Alberta government and its resource industries have destroyed the habitat for endangered caribou. Rather than address this problem, they have chosen to scapegoat wolves…
Read moreChris Genovali/The Huffington Post
Instead of addressing the root cause of caribou decline -habitat loss,- the BC and Alberta governments are slaughtering hundreds of wolves…
The killing of 1000 Alberta wolves in the name of caribou conservation and science doesn’t stop at wolves. Raincoast reveals the full story and urges public action.
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