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Wolf Awareness Week

Mon, 10/19/2009 - 11:49 — echiax

Are YOU aware that wolves:

i) play an important role in maintaining the ballance and health of entire ecosystems?

ii)are hunted leniently across Canada, EVEN the Eastern wolf, Canis lycaon, which was designated as a species at risk by Canada's SARA in 2001? www.cpaws-ov-vo.org/eastern_wolf_e.html

iii) are often killed by humans even INSIDE national parks by vehicles and trains on the only land that Canada has designated as protected for wolves?

 

Wolf Mortalities Inside Jasper, Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay National Parks by Road and Rail 1999-2009

Year
HWY Jasper
Banff Roads
HWY Kootenay
HWY Yoho
RAIL Jasper
RAIL Banff
RAIL Yoho
Total for Year
1999
4
0
1
4
3
1
5
18
2000
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
4
2001
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
5
2002
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
7
2003
3
1
0
1
2
0
0
7
2004
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
2005
5
1
0
1
3
1
0
11
2006
5
3
0
2
2
0
0
12
2007
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
2008
6
3
2
1
0
0
0
12
2009
 
3
1
 2
         6        
 vTOTAL
34
10
4
16
13
4
5
91
Total 1999-2008
87
2009 data not complete yet
 
data as of Oct2009
6
 © S.Parr / P.Dettling 2009

 SOURCE:  

1. Transportation Coridor Ungulate and Large Carnivore Mortality Statistics Jasper National Park 1980 to 2008, by Wes Bradford, Wildlife Conflict Specialist

2.  Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Park Wildlife Mortality Master Database

iv)are being targeted for planned predator culls in what remains of BC caribou territory, when wolf culls have lead to problems in the past.

 

The Canadian Wolf Coalition is concerned about ALL of these issues, and would like to see them addressed with your help.
Please CHOOSE to get involved. Canada’s wolves and inherent wilderness can’t wait!
 
What YOU can do:
1.       Meet with your MLA and become involved at a local level. 
          Create awareness!
 
2.      Write a “Letter to the editor” to raise wolf awareness.
 
3.      Write or call your provincial representative to see hunting            
         restrictions put into place around National Parks
-(check out the Buffer Zone Campaign at www.northernlightswildlife.com)
 
4. Write Federal Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice to demand         that he fulfill the requirements of Canada’s Species At Risk Act and  
   implement a species recovery plan and program for the Eastern
   wolf. Urge him to take pro-active measures in protecting the rest of
   Canada’s unique and diverse wolf population by creating a National 
   Wolf Management Strategy.
 
5. Write BC Minister of Environment Barry Penner to let him know that wolf
    culls are not the answer! Stop mining. Stop use of recreational
    vehicles. Augment herds. Don’t kill one animal to save another…
 
6. Join the Canadian Wolf Coalition
 
7. LEARN about wolves! 
   Check out the LINKS at www.canadianwolfcoalition.com
           
CONTACT INFORMATION: Remember, ANYTHING is better than nothing!
Federal Minister of Environment
Telephone: 819-997-1441
Fax: 819-953-0279
 
The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment
Les Terrasses de la Chaudiere
10 Wellington Street, 28th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3
 
BC Minister of Environment
Telephone: 250 387-1187
Fax: 250 387-1356
E-mail: env.minister@gov.bc.ca
Honourable Barry Penner
PO BOX 9047 STN PROV GOVT
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2