Wolf kill contest debated on CKNW
Listen to the CKNW discussion on the wolf kill contest with Raincoast’s Sr Scientist and wolf expert Dr. Paul Paquet…
Wolf kill contest sparks outrage
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
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…
Animal welfare papers presented at conference: abstracts
Raincoast has been pushing the idea of animal welfare considerations in wildlife management. The topic was addressed at the Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference where Raincoast presented two papers.
Activists outraged by portrayal of wolves in The Grey
Wolf advocates angry over the inaccurate portrayal of grey wolves in the new action-thriller The Grey, starring Liam Neeson…
Caribou conundrum
Raincoast says wolves are being scapegoated to protect caribou instead of addressing the real problem: Alberta’s tar sands…
The Grey: A pack of lies
Negative myths perpetuated in the new Hollywood movie are contrary to reality and do not serve wolves, says Raincoast’s Dr. Paul Paquet…
Wolves fall prey to Canada’s rapacious tar sands business
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…..
BC’s open season on wolves – September news stories
News stories from the week of September 10, 2011 on the BC Liberal government decision to kill wolves without any scientific evidence of the extent of livestock predation…
B.C. wolf hunt raises hackles
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…
‘Verified’ livestock losses in decline as province adopts open-season policy on wolves
Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
Paul Paquet, senior scientist for Raincoast, argues there is a vast discrepancy between government policy and solid information on wolves…
BC declares open season on wolves
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…