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  • Two men posing with dead wolves in the snow.
    In the media

    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

  • two wolves running on snow
    In the media

    Your voices against the wolf cull

    2015 January 242025 December 15

    Read some of the letters written to Minister Steve Thomson, Premier Christy Clark and BC MLAs, in opposition to the government’s wolf cull. Send us yours…

    Read More Your voices against the wolf cullContinue

  • Three wolves running in the snow.
    Raincoast updates

    Five reasons to oppose BC’s wolf cull

    2015 January 212024 July 8

    Five reasons you need to write, phone or email your MLA and call on them to stop gunning down wolves by helicopter…

    Read More Five reasons to oppose BC’s wolf cullContinue

  • Two men posing with dead wolves in the snow.
    In the media

    BC government slaughtering wolves

    2015 January 182024 July 8

    BC government kills wolves as scapegoats for caribou decline…

    Read More BC government slaughtering wolvesContinue

  • A wolf yips, or howls, in the long grass.
    In the media

    Carnivore expert discusses BC ‘wolf management plan’

    2012 December 32024 July 8

    “Strong on killing and not very strong on conservation” says Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet about BC’s wolf management plan…

    Read More Carnivore expert discusses BC ‘wolf management plan’Continue

  • A wolf lies in the grass, blending into the background
    In the media | Investigate and inform

    Wolves fall prey to Canada’s rapacious tar sands business

    2011 September 182024 July 8

    Paul Paquet
    Guardian.co.uk September 17 2011
    In Canada, wolves are blamed for the demise of everything from marmots to mountain caribou. Now, Canada’s newest strategy is to “recover” boreal forest caribou by killing wolves…..

    Read More Wolves fall prey to Canada’s rapacious tar sands businessContinue

  • A wolf lies in the grass, blending into the background
    In the media

    B.C. wolf hunt raises hackles

    2011 September 92024 July 8

    By Dene Moore The Canadian Press
    The BC government lifted hunting restrictions on wolves. But Raincoast carnivore expert Dr. Paul Paquet said the ministry doesn’t have the information needed to make that decision…

    Read More B.C. wolf hunt raises hacklesContinue

  • Closeup of the face of a gray wolf
    In the media

    ‘Verified’ livestock losses in decline as province adopts open-season policy on wolves

    2011 August 182024 July 8

    Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun

    Paul Paquet, senior scientist for Raincoast, argues there is a vast discrepancy between government policy and solid information on wolves…

    Read More ‘Verified’ livestock losses in decline as province adopts open-season policy on wolvesContinue

  • Closeup of the face of a gray wolf
    In the media

    BC declares open season on wolves

    2011 August 42024 July 8

    by Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun

    The BC government has declared open season on wolves in the Cariboo region, a move that critics like Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet contend is unjustifiable and based on politics, not science…

    Read More BC declares open season on wolvesContinue

  • A wolf laying on a pile of wood.
    In the media

    Groups decry province’s proposed aerial wolf kill

    2010 May 52025 December 15

    By Andrea Woo, Vancouver Sun A collective of Canadian environmental groups has written an open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell decrying the provincial government’s proposal for an aerial wolf kill in efforts to protect the dwindling mountain caribou population.

    Read More Groups decry province’s proposed aerial wolf killContinue

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