Wolves

The Siege on Wolves

by Barb Murray
March 18, 2023March 28, 2023

The Siege on Wolves

When Unchallenged Science Sanctions Cruelty

Written by Gosia Bryja, Ph.D March 03, 2023

the siege on wolves — Image Credit: Andy Works/iStock

In the supposedly progressive province of British Columbia, killing of wildlife prospers and flourishes; worse, it does so under the auspices of officially sanctioned science. The BC provincial government and pro-hunting groups tout the notion of the “best available science” to give credence to the highly controversial wolf cull program aimed at saving woodland caribou. Indeed, references to science dominate official statements and press releases.

Vancouver Sun Opinion: Ecologists oppose B.C. wolf kill by John and Mary Theberge

by Barb Murray
February 21, 2015

As two of Canada’s senior wolf biologists, we are disturbed the B.C. government is implementing massive wolf control plan with the low probability of recovering a few small, isolated, range-edge herds of mountain caribou. As university-based biologists, we have run… Read More »Vancouver Sun Opinion: Ecologists oppose B.C. wolf kill by John and Mary Theberge