Using poison to cull wolves in Alberta is inhumane, says animal advocacy group

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1,200 wolves and about 100 other animals have been culled since the program began in 2005

CBC News Posted: Nov 05, 2017 7:38 PM MT Last Updated: Nov 05, 2017 8:49 PM MT

A wildlife group wants the province to stop using poison to cull wolves, calling it an inhumane way of killing animals.

A wildlife group wants the province to stop using poison to cull wolves, calling it an inhumane way of killing animals. (River Road Productions)

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An animal advocacy group says the province’s use of poison as a way to cull wolves is inhumane and kills too many other animals inadvertently.

Numbers obtained by Wolf Awareness Inc. through the Access To Information Act show about 1,200 wolves have been culled since the population control program began in 2005, and about 100 other animals have also been killed.

Most of those are ravens but the list includes a bald…

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1 thought on “Using poison to cull wolves in Alberta is inhumane, says animal advocacy group

  1. I can’t believe people are still poisoning animals. Don’t they learn that it goes down the entire food chain? Puts people’s pets at risk? Poisons the environment? I guess they don’t care.

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