British Columbia plans to kill up to 24 gray wolves to save the last 18 woodland caribou in the Selkirk Mountains. “The decline in caribou numbers happened long before wolves came to the stage,” said Suzanne Asha Stone, senior northwest representative for Defenders of Wildlife, who pointed out that hunting, poaching, and habitat loss were the initial causes of the caribou population crash. “You have to address the root causes first and tackle those if you want a long-term recovery of a species.” (via TakePart) takepart/article/2015/01/21/canada-wants-save-rare-caribou-killing-another-struggling-species
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:34:47 +0000
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