Mirror, mirror on the wall: The wolf as scapegoat
An essay from Paul C. Paquet about our relationship with wolves.
Your invitation to Wolf School
With close family ties and complex communication, wolves live lives that humans can easily empathize with across cultures. Yet, the wolf is still persecuted, including here in BC…
Current situational analysis of BC wolves
In British Columbia, Canada, wolves continue to be killed through a variety of means. These include legal recreational hunting and trapping. Our goal is to stop the hunting and trapping of BC’s wolves. Our initial initiative includes educating the public about the biology, behavior and ecology of wolves and their current situation in British Columbia…
Political populations of large carnivores
A team led by researchers from Raincoast, UVic, and Simon Fraser University reviewed the scientific literature for cases in which independent scientists scrutinized government reporting of wildlife population sizes, trends and associated policy. The findings are reported in a new paper, “Political populations of large carnivores,” ….
Anecdotes, guesses no justification for killing wolves
BC’s Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development is proposing to extend wolf-killing season on Vancouver Island…
Raincoast launches BC wolf cull billboard campaign
Raincoast has launched a billboard campaign calling attention to the inhumane slaughter of wolves that is occurring at the hands of the BC government…
Stop the slaughter of wolves in Alberta and BC
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…