Wolves savaged by management plan

Published on 2013 01 07 | by Raincoast | in Commentary, In the News

Chris Genovali and Paul Paquet, Times Colonist
The low point for conservation policy in 2012 was the rollout of the “Draft management plan for the Grey Wolf”…

Wolf kill contest sparks outrage

Published on 2012 11 23 | by Raincoast | in In the News

Alaska Highway News
A wolf-kill contest sponsored has provoked outrage in the provincial media…

Contest offers cash prizes for wolf kills in northeastern BC

Published on 2012 11 20 | by Raincoast | in In the News

Vancouver Sun
A privately sponsored wolf-kill contest is offering cash and other prize incentives for hunters to shoot the predators this winter in northeast BC…

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

Published on 2011 08 18 | by Raincoast | in In the News

Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun

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

Groups decry province’s proposed aerial wolf kill

Published on 2010 05 05 | by Raincoast | in In the News

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.

Wolf kill to save caribou strongly opposed

Published on 2010 05 04 | by Raincoast | in In the News

The following open letter has been sent to BC Premier Gordon Campbell opposing the killing of wolves and cougars to save mountain caribou May 3, 2010 BY FAX AND E-MAIL Premier Gordon Campbell PO Box 9041 STN PROV GOVT Victoria, BC V8W 9E1 Fax: (250) 387-0087 Dear Premier Campbell: The undersigned organizations are strongly opposed […]