Aerial wolf kill to protect caribou

A collective of Canadian environmental groups has written an open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell decrying the provincial government's proposal for an aerial wolf kill in efforts to protect the dwindling mountain caribou population. In the letter, sent Monday, 16 environmental groups state they are strongly opposed to the killing of wolves — as well as other carnivorous animals including cougars and bears — arguing human activities such as the logging of old-growth forests and snowmobiling are the main causes of mountain caribou population decline. The provincial goal is to increase the mountain caribou population — now estimated at 1,800 to 1,900 animals — to the pre-1995 level of 2,500 animals within 20 years. The proposal for the aerial wolf kill first surfaced in February...more