Mirror, mirror on the wall: The wolf as scapegoat
An essay from Paul C. Paquet about our relationship with wolves.
Province quietly extends public consultation period on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals
Press Release: BC government has extended its public feedback period to January 31, for proposals to increase trophy killing of wolves and grizzly bears.
Province extends public consultation on Peace Region grizzly and wolf hunt proposals
Public consultation on expanded grizzly and wolf hunts in the Peace Region has been extended until January 31, 2016.
Alberta must call a truce in war on wolves
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…
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…
Maintaining Ethical Standards during Conservation Crises
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…
Wolf and caribou management backgrounder
Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet provides an overview on the fallacy of killing wolves to recover caribou…
Wolf habituation a human issue
Chris Bolster and Dean Unger / Powell River Peak
Management of few animals in BC is more contentious than wolves. Seen by some as a symbol of our wilderness heritage and by others as a threat…
Contest offers cash prizes for wolf kills in northeastern BC
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…
Caribou recovery plan near oilsands may target wolves
Thousands of wolves stand to be killed in Alberta as part of the federal government’s new plan to sustain caribou in the oilsands area
The World of Wolves
New perspectives on ecology, behavior and management
Raincoast Senior Scientist Dr. Paul Paquet and two other international authorities on the biology, behavior and conservation of wolves are the editors of this new book reviewed in the journal Animal Welfare…
BC’s Wolf Management: open season wolf killing
CFAX 1070 discusses the wolf kill in the name of predator control on livestock