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  • Two men posing with dead wolves in the snow.
    Investigate and inform

    We must end Alberta’s persecution of wolves

    2015 September 42024 July 8

    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…

    Read More We must end Alberta’s persecution of wolvesContinue

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    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Alberta must call a truce in war on wolves

    2015 August 142024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Alberta must call a truce in war on wolvesContinue

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    Cecil the lion and compassionate conservation

    2015 August 112024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Cecil the lion and compassionate conservationContinue

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    Maintaining Ethical Standards during Conservation Crises

    2015 February 112024 July 8

    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…

    Read More Maintaining Ethical Standards during Conservation CrisesContinue

  • Two men posing with dead wolves in the snow.
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    Wolf murder Canadian style continues as if it’s conservation

    2015 January 292024 July 8

    Marc Bekoff/Psychology Today
    An earlier murder escapade in Alberta didn’t work and there’s no reason to assume this one will…

    Read More Wolf murder Canadian style continues as if it’s conservationContinue

  • A man in camouflage standing next to a dead wolf.
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    AVAAZ Petition launched to stop the Alberta wolf cull

    2015 January 282024 July 8

    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 More AVAAZ Petition launched to stop the Alberta wolf cullContinue

  • Two men posing with dead wolves in the snow.
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Stop the slaughter of wolves in Alberta and BC

    2015 January 182024 July 8

    Chris 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…

    Read More Stop the slaughter of wolves in Alberta and BCContinue

  • Two men posing with dead wolves in the snow.
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    Alberta slaughters more than 1,000 wolves and hundreds of other animals

    2015 January 102024 July 8

    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.

    Read More Alberta slaughters more than 1,000 wolves and hundreds of other animalsContinue

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