Wolf Cull Helping Caribou Population

[WyoDoug]

Interesting article in British Columbia where they are culling the wolf population in an attempt to improve the fragile caribou population.

https://elknetwork.com/b-c-wolf-cul...fgWmh1R96ud0I8ejYenAPyqONOObCdkwfJADRHWhTKpnU

 

[sneakypete]

In BC they need offer free wolf tags, and reinstate grizzly hunting or there will be no hunt able population of caribou and moose!

 

[Sytes]

Interesting article in British Columbia where they are culling the wolf population in an attempt to improve the fragile caribou population.

https://elknetwork.com/b-c-wolf-cul...fgWmh1R96ud0I8ejYenAPyqONOObCdkwfJADRHWhTKpnU

It was a successful decision for the Little Smoky Caribou herd. NY Times had an article on this when the ID/MT last of the Caribou were on the final March towards - Hasta...

Widespread wolf culls further north in Alberta are credited with saving the Little Smoky caribou herd in the Peace River region. But the price was high: About 1,000 wolves were killed over a decade.

America’s Gray Ghosts: The Disappearing Caribou (Published 2016)

A herd in the Selkirk Mountains near the Canadian border is down to about a dozen, threatened by wolves and a larger problem: development.

www.nytimes.com