The wolves of Alberta and British Columbia are in dire need. With numbers already being reduced by environmental factors such as habitat loss and pollution, this keystone species now faces threats from hunting. Caribou in the region are dying from oil, mineral, timber, and other resource extraction, but governments and industries have taken to scapegoating … Continue reading
This week we are joined by two guests from across the continent to talk about wolves. Sadie Parr, former director of the Canadian Wolf Coalition (which is now part of the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Centre) speaks to the Canadian context. Gary MacFarlan, Ecosystem Defense Director of Friends of the Clearwater, describes the situation for wolves living in the US. … Continue reading
With the intent to protect moose and caribou hunting in Alaska, aerial hunters chase wolves to exhaustion and shoot them, a practice recently deemed illegal by a Superior Court Judge in a suit filed by Friends of Animals. Almost 450 wolves have been killed by aerial gunners in the past three years and the state has … Continue reading
This week’s Animal Voices is packed! We’ll kick it all off with a news report, followed by an interview with Earthroots‘ dedicated wilderness campaigner, Melissa Tkachyk. Melissa will give us an update about the Wolves Ontario! initiative, and let us know what is still left to be done to help Ontario wolves. Then we’ll wake up Chad … Continue reading
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