Wolf cull in B.C. | A War on the Wolf

Wolves are being killed in B.C. as part of a cull aimed at saving the endangered mountain caribou.
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[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

Human nature: Step 1: Create problem. Step 2: Blame someone/something else for said problem. Step 3: Punish them. Step 4: Pat yourself on the back, because you saved the world again.

[@davidsmith663]

Humans cause nearly every problem with nature. Sadly it is illegal to cull them so something else pays the price. In this case it's the wolf.

[@bumblebob5979]

Homo Sapiens in nut shell...

[@warshawgameshd3432]

BTW, update that 15% loss turned into a 15% gain, so the cull resulted in a 30% increase\

[@alexanderjackson9302]

U r golden

[@alexanderjackson9302]

@Bob Gnisir no I dont qualify, but I can definitely see u do. Lol

[@zachyoung2527]

The lady at 2:30 has no idea what she’s talking about

[@boduke2522]

i agree wolves are in our area cache creek kamloops area now and its getting worse our deer and moose are in decline im first nation and we see the devastating affect of wolves

[@MsPapoose12]

we r the caretakers of the land we hav always known what we know with creation but of course they don't listen inventing more biological or conservsation idealogies is more harmful to the balance of life...these r pure life forms even touching them can make them sick...that is y the habitat or survival of animals r at stake by ppl who radicalize goin injecting them with things that r not normal....we never took animals for pets we didn't touch them only as a food source...science n radical groups do more harm even just to touch them.

[@kellyyyanneee]

Humans wiping out the forest etc are the real problem. Caribou leave areas they know wolves are in only problem is they are starting to have no where to escape the wolves now. We are thee problem.

[@pizzafries]

Back in the 70's the Government hired my Dad to trap them in WY,they paid him for it.

[@wyominghorseman9172]

Our Wildlife, Our Government Pt 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eofXhoCFoKqLb9E Our Wildlife, Our Government Pt 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWe4d55qisxsfKc

[@robertmintz63]

So pick up the torch & follow suit !

[@mr.skeptical3071]

If you let the weak herds get eaten, then they'll go after the strong ones

[@bumblebob5979]

The've been around for how many years more than us? And now comes the problem. They did just fine until now. What could possible be to blame? The wolfs! (Or any different ethical group so to say) Burn them all!

[@philllindauer5006]

@@bumblebob5979 The roads are helping the wolves.

[@bumblebob5979]

@@philllindauer5006 "...read my irony"

[@sidniefrazier5911]

bullshit

[@mitchelldavis5587]

I meant weak instead of the strong

[@deerhunter7482]

Shelley and Casey won't be walking with them after dark.

[@duncancd5375]

We are their greatest problem. We hunt them tear their habitat apart people chase wildlife on snowmobiles and quads.we also build roads throughout their home ranges. DON’T blame the wolf

[@robertsophiea05]

Humans have always culled wolf packs. We evolved side by side and competed with each other. Not thinning wolf numbers is a very new and damaging human mistake.

[@arayagarner2291]

One false we have been. Two wolves help the ecosystem. Three we are damaging that system.

[@skeetersaurus6249]

@@arayagarner2291 - OBVIOUSLY, you aren't speaking for the caribou, that had no issue with the roads...and you don't care about the caribou, it's obvious. So, you aren't a 'naturalist', you are a 'wolfist'. You, therefore, aren't 'one with nature' as you believe, but 'a pave the earth with wolves' destructive force no less evil than those who would profiteer on nature'. You think that wolf-pet woman at 2:30 would 'change overnight' if tasked to, and seek to honestly protect the caribou? WHY, OF COURSE NOT! This is 'self-interest' at its worst!

[@arayagarner2291]

@@skeetersaurus6249 what the heck are you talking about? What your saying sounds nonsensical.

[@darkmatterhafnium1522]

People don’t understand that we have a part in the circle of life

[@pauliewalnuts6734]

you privileged moron, you've clearly never had your life affected by these demons. They are a menace.

[@cupidsnut]

when a prey has 1-2 offspring per year and wolves have a litter it doesnt take much to realize whats going on.

[@milboltnut]

Bingo !

[@ryanriddell8218]

its rather easy to put economic value on wolves and open up a hunting season for them

[@lucrayzor9657]

they're even better economic value for tourism though, and no killing is involved

[@jsisisisjjsjsjsj2819]

@@lucrayzor9657 they can balance tourism and hunting.

[@johngiff2978]

The people that are using captured wolves for pets and for their own profit should be fined for adding negative fuel to the debate. A wolf should not be someones pet. Wolf numbers should be kept in check, period. The trapper and hunter has always been part of natures fabric of life, The bleeding hearts should stay in the city and let the hunters and trappers and ministry do their required work of controlling numbers of over abundance. Thanks!

[@MetaliCanuck]

Oh John please....Everything you said you double back on in your rant. First off rehabilitated wolves usually aren't being used to gain profit. And wolves keep their own numbers in check by themselves. Plus they keep the rest of natures numbers in check. Straight from a Ministry Biologist. Now tell me I'm wrong.

[@judithbeers7598]

John Giff, you have the realists view! Thank you for your level headed in the moment view.

[@cflorence96]

You can eat deer, caribou, and elk. You cannot eat wolves. They have their place but so do the animals that people depend upon to feed their families. Not everyone can run to the grocery store and buy their meat some depend upon wild game. The check and balance system is hard but is a necessary must!

[@krispalermo8133]

Have you tried wolf meat ? I ate coyote as a teenager, honestly I take coy over raccoon.

[@emilyreid3831]

I agree that wolves should be getting killed It's not like they are saying wipe them out just bring there numbers down so they don't wipe out deer, caribou, moose dont get wiped out. I myself absolutely love wolves but I have killed them myself

[@jsisisisjjsjsjsj2819]

Yes we need to do the same here in new brunswick with coyotes

[@temp24Lno5]

Quebec did the same thing as B.C. is now doing, but perhaps not on the same scale. Habitat loss is the primary reason Caribou are disappearing. You cannot give out cutting permits right and left on the forests which the Caribou need to use to survive. I witnessed little calves with heavy collars put around their necks, just stumbling around after their mothers here in Quebec. In B.C from the air and from the water, I saw fringes of trees left standing along the highways, but behind vast amounts of clear cutting was taking place. Habitat loss is the greatest threat to Caribou and both governments know it, but the scapegoat, as usual, are the predators.

[@EliteZ594]

yeah ur right

[@andreamoscoso4065]

Joan Ouellette 👏👏👏👏👍

[@ocirontariocryptidinvestig8010]

its the same in north eastern ontario huge areas of clear cut trees . the provincial governments along with the federal are all paid off clowns for the timber companies to use . the average canadain is clueless they think our leaders are saints .

[@pseudopetrus]

People are at fault, our encroachment upsets the balance of nature. Hard problem to solve, every man, woman and child needs to care, live small, walk softly, buy less stuff!

[@dhand34]

its all about the $$$$

[@deniswoodcox3375]

Wolves in our area have killed just about everything. Hardly a Moose, Elk or deer left. Only animals left are in town and around our house trying to stay alive. Too bad it had to get this bad before they started to react. It will take years before the populations come back once the wolves get removed. Thank god they are doing something.

[@elksplosive2214]

Wolves take mass numbers of all game in every province that their in.

[@robertd9000]

Where I live here in Colorado, hunters b*tch and whine about the extremely few wolves we have around. Why do they whine? Because THEY want to be the ones killing the deer and elk, screw the wolves. If humans hadn't intervened in nature way back when, the balances would have been doable as nature intended. Add government into the equation and EVERYTHING gets f'd up.

[@Riker-ER]

You people are full of crap: it is much needed. Wolves have no predator except for man. They are not only wiping out Caribou, but deer, moose, elk and when they are gone they will prey on people.

[@Bob_Adkins]

Thousands of years ago, wolves were prey to to other now extinct animals, and their numbers were kept in check. Man took over that role starting probably 10,000 years ago until recently. Wolves have always had to breed prolifically to survive. Their predators are gone, but their reproductive rate is still very high. If we allow them to become overpopulated, they will eat every single deer, moose, elk, and caribou within a few short years. Other great predators like puma, lynx, bobcat, and bear will also suffer because of wolf overpopulation.

[@ShikokuFoodForest]

What is the best solution in your opinion?

[@Bob_Adkins]

@@ShikokuFoodForest I don't know if there is 1 best solution. I do know that the overprotection of wolves is not the solution. They're too smart and efficient and can wipe out other species very quickly if allowed to overpopulate.

[@ShikokuFoodForest]

@@Bob_Adkins Wipe out species? Do you mean, wipe out populations in some areas? Wiping out a whole species is very serious. I am an EnvironmentL Engineer, which I realize is mostly irrelevant, but I do have a strong desire to help protect nature, wildlife, and wildlife habitat and minimize further habitat destruction or even loss. I have studied animal psychology and behavior including wolves, but am by no means an expert. Not even close. I’m still learning, with much to learn yet. I want to help promote solutions with the least damage to all involved. Just starting to gather information. I’ve been living outside of Canada for 12 years, but plan to move to northern BC this year if possible. Lots of wildlife there.

[@Bob_Adkins]

@@ShikokuFoodForest Hi NVCL, I'm with you. Not saying everything will go extinct, but canids breed so prolifically and successfully that they will put extreme pressure on vulnerable species if their numbers are allowed to go unchecked. Who knows how many extinct species went extinct because of an unusual boom in the wolf population? Some want wolves completely untouched, and others want them completely gone. I'm in the middle, believing that populations have to be kept very low to allow native prey species to maintain historic and prehistoric levels. Sounds like you are about to embark on a very exciting and rewarding journey in BC!

[@ShikokuFoodForest]

@@Bob_Adkins I am now learning about the importance of top predators in increasing the capacity of the land for self renewal. I don’t know how yet I will contribute, but I have the will to help somehow.

[@bbqbob96]

you can eat caribou,not wolves.the answer is clear to me.

[@robertdh685]

Agreed!

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

why can't you eat a wolf? it's still meat

[@skateboarding118]

Video Games Are Fun Wolves are apex predators, so like other apex predators they carry way too much mercury and other heavy metals for safe consumption

[@SentinelIXK]

@@Video-Games-Are-Fun you shouldnt eat a carnivore

[@schristiansen3151]

@@Video-Games-Are-Fun You can but the meat is "skunky" like a coyote. Nasty stuff.

[@stevew6910]

I just watched a video from this year , Areas are now void of game animals and wolves are moving and destroying other areas , Eating game they normally dont , In the states we have coyote problems , They have become urbanized , Snatch pets out of back yards , makes anti hunters start crying for control

[@hcn6708]

"Eating game they normally dont" oh wow eating elk, how abnormal

[@marcaswebb4917]

Lol its easy for them to look at the situation when their walking around with domesticated wolf's

[@milboltnut]

they don't have a clue !

[@oldmanballer5088]

These two are clueless!

[@aleronfrancois]

Wolves*

[@nehemiahwestercamp3542]

Tamed not domesticated.

[@rickgaspard1864]

From BC to the Yukon, The wolves are having a devastating effect on animals that people need to live everyday. Subsistence living by many tribes is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. Meaning people will have to leave their ancient homes and hunting grounds because the wolf packs are getting too big. Caribou and Moose populations have dropped down to almost nothing causing tribes to have to travel farther and farther, with no guarantee of being able to feed their families. Add to that the overfishing by Commercial fleets and fisherman for Salmon is indeed troubling. Where do these people turn for help? A way of life will soon be a thing of the past. Once subsistence living is wiped out, it will never return!

[@hixierice9944]

It's safer to say that the human population is the one really to blame....wolves have earned the right to be there....it's simple nature

[@deerhunter7482]

Smoke a pack a day !

[@mungobestmage]

so what you're saying is we need to deliberately wipe out an animal population so that they wont incidentally wipe out a different animal population so that a small group of humans living in a completely obsolete fashion can wipe out that animal population instead?

[@deerhunter7482]

Behn Ferriman that is exactly what happened when man settled the west and north .This group of people wouldn't last a night with those wolves . The wolves will be docile until dark then disembowel you or any animal .

[@warshawgameshd3432]

@@deerhunter7482 What? Those people lived in those places for thousands of years? What do you mean wouldn't survive a night?

[@yabodmon]

I hunt..and I love wolves , I respect them. but hearing stuff like this bothers me. we humans are smarter and can reason better then any animal that I know of. so instead of punishing those who hunt by instinct and to survive, why don't we use our brains... and put our selfish selves to the side. maybe stop hunting for a couple of years in order to let animal numbers rise back up. sounds more logical.... sincerely , A hunter.

[@matsgranqvist9928]

I doubt that you really are a hunter saying that you love wolves...

[@damianm-nordhorn116]

AntMan Great comment. REAL hunters respected nature and adored other more skilled and powerful predators from the beginning of mankind. That is why even today we identify on flags, with nicknames and our teams' names with Lions and Tigers, Eagles, Sharks and even Raptors. Unfortunately most of those calling themselves hunters nowadays are nothing but 'civilized' apes with guns who wouldn't survive two weeks without electricity.

[@connor6066]

Im generally against hunnting beacause of the bad hunnters but thank you. Not all hunters are bad and im glade you respect tge value of life in animals. Thank you.

[@D4nger_CLO5E]

lol let me see how far you get telling the native bands in BC that there is a stop on hunting for any amount of time 😂

[@americanfitness8215]

AntMan if you were a hunter you would know the Canadian and United States government wouldn’t allow hunting of rare animals (woodland caribou) so what needs to happen is take about 1000 wolves out of the MASSIVE population of much more. Also I am a hunter who loves wolves and grizzlies but you need to know the limit

[@sittingbullsittingbull783]

The people walking with the wolves have no experience with wild animals whatsoever.

[@515ventures3]

It’s all about balance! Save them both!

[@515ventures3]

Westbay Willie I would save the wolves! Hunting is for them, not us. Humans get in the way.

[@ocavant]

One needs saving, the other does not.

[@515ventures3]

SingleCab Steve save the wolves! 💯💯

[@RunninGunner04]

I agree completely, we pushed the wolves into these areas to cut down on our livestock losses, but now, the large amounts of predators are going into areas that were once not nearly as densley populated with predators, this makes a problem and we need to cull the wolf poulation down, so that both populatios can thrive. Thats how nature works, but when we intervene, we can't do a half job ad ruin the ecosystem, we have to mae it balanced again, and to all of you who will say why did the wolves get pushed there? Its called expansion and population growth, and until people stop having children, which I am totaly not recommending, we will keep growing and pushing other animals out of their habitats and into others habitats.

[@jsisisisjjsjsjsj2819]

They should save both by culling the wolves (not all of them) and protecting the caribou. But if I had to pick one to go extinct it would be wolves as the countless prey species are more important than one predator species. We can fix what is lost with wolves but not what is lost with caribou or rabbits

[@weschapman2237]

Helicopter is crazy..lazy..ignorant..I'm all for boots on the ground..as long as it's not infantry style..I respect the hunt.

[@kennithhayward9160]

If they want to cull animals they should give the animal Affair chance

[@jeffchase7284]

Northern Wisconsin use to have a healthy deer population. Now that we have wolves, deer hunters are seeing more wolves than deer. Some areas can't handle wolves, that's why we have hunting seasons, to keep populations in check. Wolves are fine by me, just as long as they are kept in check just like deer, turkeys, ducks, geese, coyotes, elk, etc.

[@stevet5379]

The wolf will not eat itself out of food. It is far wiser about what it needs than we are and fooling ourselves into thinking that we know best will only lead to another species being wiped out. Try reading a bit about ecosystems that were dying and by reintroducing the wolf those ecosystems are healthy and surviving. I hunt deer, but I also understand and appreciate the balance that nature has between predators and prey. Remove the wolf and you destroy an ecosystem.

[@damianm-nordhorn116]

CHASE 26Gen4 That's not because the wolves eat all the deer, it's because they eat EVERYTHING. ..including huge amounts of rats (who feast on our trash), other rodents and even pets. And last but not least our trash (including roadkill) itself.

[@jasonbutler6679]

At 3:30 the comment is made it is ludicrous to shoot one species to save another. So what she is saying is that they know the largest predator on these caribou should go unchecked and left alone and try to find away other than managing the apex predator of caribou.

[@butch2726]

Wildlife has its way of things. Don’t interrupt its course

[@tballstaedt7807]

Admit it, you have no idea what you are talking about.

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

@@tballstaedt7807 By preventing animals from going extinct, we're stopping evolution. Survival of the fittest is appropriate here. It will make the remaining caribou evolve (over a long period of time of course) to outrun the wolves and the wolves will, in turn, evolve to catch them again. That is nature's course. Human intervention severely limits that.

[@deerhunter7482]

Smoke a pack a day !

[@MarcoOsinga]

Like humans *could* ever interrupt the course in the first place, we can only delay it.

[@michigantrapper4087]

@Alex. B and humans are apart of nature every animal need population control and who is the wolfs predictor? Humans thats the way nature works every animal has a hunter

[@erikswanson224]

Most dogs would look back and try to run after the car. Instead this dog just walks away like he feels no connection to the owners at all. Very strange.

[@burtvincent1278]

They don't have a connection.

[@averagejoe7333]

The pine beatle has decimated the pine forests of BC therefore taking away much of the thermo cover during the winter months that help the Bovids of all types including Caribou survive. Because of this the pine areas are deforested and stop providing cover for caribou while giving wolves a better line of sight and sent while hunting...

[@jamesrusso8907]

Thank Bill Clinton for that, he enacted Nafta which started overseas trading, all kinds of beatles and pest hitched a ride over and there ya go. Not to even mention that quality merchandice also went extinct

[@raymondjones8]

Wolves now have a super highway to their prey, thanks to man. A journey which would take a pack, several days to complete, now takes several hours. Prey species have no time to recover, or move on; the wolves a right there with them, decimating their numbers. It’s solely due to man’s interference, that these wolves are now in danger. Logging roads, recreational trails, snow mobiles etc, have created these super highways, making it so easy for wolves to hunt, anything, and everything. The wolf population needs to be managed, if true diversity to remain.

[@glenanderson4351]

This is such nonsense!

[@balto4]

You know what I find strange,people want wolves killed for killing other animals and there's a fair number of support for that. In Australia they cull sharks for killing humans and there's huge protests against that. It's just a strange observation,I don't support either nor am I against hunting either in controlled programs. I just find it strange compared to wolves I'd say sharks are more dangerous yet more will protest their killing. I think we have been conditioned to hate wolves for centuries,and yes while we fear sharks(thanks to jaws and other movies)it has not gone on as long

[@briangusman5553]

There was once a balance, it can happen again.

[@redxiii3159]

Activate human depopulation of the Earth, is in effect....

[@neejhmoob3781]

I rather have caribou than wolves. I agreed with biologist Mckay that drastic measure are needed.

[@ocavant]

Why wouldn't you call it the war on mountain caribou?

[@gabmik38]

I hate to say it, but when you open up the semi alpine to recreation vehicles that pack down the snow and make accessible trails for wolves, then this is what you get.

[@davemitchell7270]

That couple has 2 wolf pets, now all wolves are their pets.

[@humility-righteous-giving]

The wolves were completely uncontrolled before us whites arrived, so why didn't caribu get preyed upon to extinction back then?

[@kinnonpelz90]

@@humility-righteous-giving native Americans hunted Wolf's hevay before whites came for there fur that kept the population down

[@warshawgameshd3432]

@@humility-righteous-giving Also cause as they explained, the wolves never went high in the mountains for the mountain caribou until recently when tracks started being made up the mountains by humans.

[@osamabinfaqn6726]

Once they are pets, they are no longer wolves.

[@515ventures3]

How old is the this planet? We are obviously not looking at history. For 10’s of thousands of years and even longer, I’m sure all these animals survived. And there was no modern day conservation agencies 20,000 years ago. Modern day humans get so stressed out over nature that is much more older than they are. It’s as if they are discovering a new problem that has never existed before. I think humans are the problem!

[@yazoostreet2502]

The problem is humans are building everywhere and there's not enough land for everything now so it ain't like it was 20,000 years ago so they need management

[@515ventures3]

yazoo street Yup I totally agree!

[@huntingfishing1704]

The wolves will come back they always do

[@branchedoutdoors6586]

And we’ll keep killing them 🤷‍♂️

[@bumblebob5979]

To make you feel in control, does this give you control?

[@ryanbrand3946]

The come back because the damn dnr transplants them back.

[@sidniefrazier5911]

@@branchedoutdoors6586 and you will get yours eventually. Karma is watching you. Wolves move these animals around....they migrate when wolves are around...do your homework

[@markrawlins6360]

I was very close to there in Chetwynd area hunting moose. I watched a pack of about 50 wolves get organized and went after a bull moose and took it down. They are highly intelligent and perfect killers. They got my moose and I was not happy. There are thousands of them there. Every night you could hear them and its spooky.

[@irishcoffee6894]

Mark Rawlings, 50 wolves on only 1 moose bull ?? And what could you do with the meat, skin, antlers and guts ?? You would waste a lot of that bull those 50 wolves didn't, I'm sure about that. Probably the weakest didn't even get enough to eat and will probably not survive the winter. Survival of the fittest.

[@krispalermo8133]

Why have we no confirm wolf kills on human ? Cause once a pack of wolves take down a lone human, there is nothing left to confirm in a report other than rip apart clothing.

[@PatroitSongChannel]

@@krispalermo8133 its really rare about that

[@ShikokuFoodForest]

How do you have any more right than the wolves to that moose? From the wolves perspective, it was their moose.

[@robertmintz63]

@@krispalermo8133 you are wrong about the no confirmed human kills ,but the documents are well hidden , they are not politically correct !

[@lucrayzor9657]

Here's something to consider- both wolves and caribou have both lived in North America LONG before we came here, and somehow the caribou did absolutely fine. We showed up, and all of a sudden they're critically endangered. Coincidence??

[@jiesong7069]

Reduce wolves first. Save some deer meat for me.

[@joshclark9196]

Jie Song reduce ur stupidty

[@davetimmer5149]

We have the same problem in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Planted wolves are slaughtering the deer herds. We hunt a two mile section of river, zero deer but 7 wolves in 3 different packs. We used to see moose, very rare any more.

[@rabidfox709]

Let mother nature do what it does and leave the wolves alone

[@davidsmith663]

Is it nature for humans to go up mountains creating trails for the wolves to follow. Is it nature for humans to fly or drive cars, pump oil out of the ground, create plastics and rip out millions of acres of forest? No. Mother nature is loosing this battle.

[@davemitchell7270]

No idea

[@geraldsayese8436]

Which would you rather eat a wolf or Caribou

[@SteveSnowman]

I hate wolves because they eat my food as we both walk on this planet. But this wolf lover makes a very good point on how wolves travel and eat. However, if these animal lovers had the chance, they would bring back dinosaurs.

[@ryanbrand3946]

This lady is ludicrous.

[@jimfarris9671]

I would say select all the wolves you can give them to the Bunny huggers and let them see them on kale

[@reggierico]

Notice that the wolf lovers don't have any alternative measures that can be taken to save these caribou. Wolves need to be managed, period.

[@Mountain_addictions]

Truth is, our piss poor government needs to address the real, original problem. In the meantime, I eat before a wolf eats, and I don’t mean beef. Support the cull, and all the BC resident hunters and trappers doing their part.

[@lloydnielsen8035]

Cull the wolves. They have pretty well wiped out the moose in Manitoba

[@Beparepa]

Been hunting prince George moose 30years now. 15years ago they were everywhere. Now there are a few in thousands of square km. It's a mess need a bounty for each wolf to encourage hunting them. Farmers are the most effective for hunting them they can wait at night by the cows because there's no wild animals left so they take cows down every night. I spoke with huge ranch owners. They killed 50wolfs in one month. Few days later a new pack came in.

[@Mallory-Malkovich]

Why isn't "keep the humans out of caribou territory" one of the options?

[@ScotFerg1]

Why not do both?

[@FoxBoy1992]

***** Wolves are extinct in my area of Canada and yet caribou are still endangered. It is 100% human caused.

[@bricehenry1223]

What dumb question humans are part of the ecosystem DUH.

[@TheVeganeater]

Drunk Brice Henry. Your logic is awesome. One day you may be president buddy. Keep up the get druck half read something and make an off sided negative comment while throwing in an insult to the person to let them know you speak with confidence and disrespect therefor you are right.

[@PavleBalenovic]

Although most of us are still not aware, these climate changes all over the world show that there is something going to happen soon that will reduce the number of people so the other creatures will get at least some free space to live and survive. Man will not behave like God with making decisions and rules above natural rules any more.

[@scotmcalexander9314]

They must be managed like any other species. We as humans are the caretakers of the environment. We must care for all the speus included.

[@atomicwedgie8176]

I love wolves...as throw rugs.

[@MrMOLONLABE1776]

These dumbass city folks living on their welfare have no clue about the damage wolves cause.

[@Lorien37207]

@@MrMOLONLABE1776 wouldn't mount to the damage your kind has done im sure of it...

[@jonstrickland4848]

Atomicwedgie81 that’s how I feel about humans. Funny...

[@jonstrickland4848]

MrMOLONLABE1776 dumbest comment I’ve read yet. Very few scientist are on welfare. Illogical fallacious comment you inbred trash.

[@christianwolf68]

@@MrMOLONLABE1776 ho causes more damage the human species or the wolf

[@serpentmasterarmstrong2630]

I’m going to say this cause it needs to be said. Wolves need management. I am in no way saying wipe them out no and if you want to wipe them out I don’t associate myself with you. However like all animals sometimes things get out of hand and the balance of nature gets out of hand. Human visitation has helped wolf numbers for years and as a results the population is thriving but at the cost of the Caribou. Just like how when coyote populations threaten the deer this needs to be addressed. If you love wolves I can’t blame you I do too their amazing animals but they do need to be managed to keep the environment balanced.

[@gordonward7060]

They are beautiful but they have wiped out herds of elk in the Kootenay valley and all valleys close to it I just worked where the caribou were they was 2 left they are now moved to Revelstoke. wolves were introduced to this area and they need to go I have seen the decline in Alberta as well its not a good thing.

[@Giga-cat-c6b]

Caribous are like a wolve’s main food source

[@robhill7513]

Any species that can jump back like wolves have they are then unmanageable.

[@sheamullens4829]

I believe the proble is the lack of trap lines and advertisements for empty spots people that have past away and trap lines never being used

[@lonelywolf-v4f]

What will wolves feed on after they finish caribous?

[@ordennuevo469]

Never gonna happen. Think for a second men, wolves have been here for at least 100 000 years and haven’t wątek everything cause they would just died out of hunger in prehistory if it would have happen. So the answer is just no, never gonna happen.

[@justingammon1163]

Wolves came from Asia. If not managed, there will be nothing left but wolves.

[@rocket5557]

Everything on this continent came from Asia. The problem is that humans have interrupted the balance that existed. Wolves are just being wolves and doing their job. How is it that these species have existed together for thousands of years and just now the balance has swayed so far to one side?

[@justingammon1163]

@@rocket5557 It's become a problem in recent years because touchy feely snowflake dudes like you are in charge of wolf management. You need to think with your brain instead of your feelings.

[@francesoriola9136]

Really im asian And I havent seen wolves here

[@francesoriola9136]

You mean "EURASIA" NOT ASIA..THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS

[@justingammon1163]

@@francesoriola9136 How can you see anything with your eyes three-quarters closed?

[@Tfichtenbaum]

Did it ever occur to people we live in their migratory patterns ? And as a result effect their food supplies ? So they attack livestock and other animals to survive ?

[@donatzerodayslife]

Tiffany Fichtenbaum , did it ever occur to you that your life is more important? They were re-introduced and now are populated and out of control.

[@butch2726]

40% of Caribou deaths are caused by wolves. 60% Humans

[@MinimalistOutdoors]

Atleast half of that 60% is disease and another is starvation. Humans account for less than 10%. So many animals would be extinct if it wasn't for a top predator that can exercise restraint... us humans are that top predator.

[@MinimalistOutdoors]

@@dandekker1986 here here

[@tanzaniteblueeye4805]

why not catching the wolves and release them hungry at the bilderberg meeting. there are to much parasitical human there.

[@darryljokinen1471]

wolves are only doing what wolves know and try to do... SURVIVE!!!!!

[@chrishatherley3617]

I can't believe the comments. So........what happened to the caribou on michipicoten island....oh yeah, wolves. Don't be saying oil and gas, or snowmachine trails, or urbanization, or logging or anything other than wolves. That's right, wolves crossed a ice bridge one winter and the slaughter began.

[@albertorobles4237]

never thought that hunting for your food to survive meant you had to be killed its nature leave them alone

[@CBCTheNational]

A war on the wolf. Chris Brown on the outrage over a B.C. government decision to cull hundreds of wolves.

[@g.bosgra3895]

The BC government has allowed massive destruction of caribou habitat over the years, now, as mentioned, the wolf is the scapegoat. I will never condone this wolf kill by the government and I will never again vote Liberal.

[@promich7194]

Gail Bosgra Why did you vote for one of the most-corrupt parties in the history of Canada in the first place?

[@jowhite3510]

the wolves are once again the scapegoat. if we are losing animals its not because of the wolves. the Government needs to understand that in the Great scheme of things, Nature Take no Prisoners , absolutely no guarentees whether we are involved or not. *To manufacture the environment for one species at the expense of another is counter intuitive to perserving nature* . Weve done just that for ourselves and look whats happening... we blame the wolves.

[@Dare2BStoopid]

A huge chunk of this video has absolutely no good information and it doesn't even remotely frame the issue correctly or neutrally. It frames wolves as villains and only help to hurt the environment.

[@sanjose6018]

Speaking with your emotions about the culling of wolves makes you speak nonsense like "the killing of one species to save another is not right"... that's NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. WOLVES ARE DOING GREAT DAMAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY.... so allow hunters to hunt them as they do other animals... SIMPLE.. I'd LOVE a wolf jacket. 🍺😎🍺

[@mr.skeptical3071]

You have to keep the wolves in check. But do it ethically

[@FastSloW-qt8xf]

What's the ethical way?

[@siddharthaghosh3800]

@@FastSloW-qt8xf counselling😄

[@ramos208]

You can eat one the other is not recommend, get rid of the wolves they recover faster.

[@tgrier5919]

The way I see it the people are at fault for kicking the caribou out of their habitat

[@rmiller2179]

Its not only caribou but moose, deer, goat and sheep, and probably any small mammal that have become accessible all winter long due to development - new roading, expanding snowmobile trail networks and even maintained hiking trails.

[@gabmik38]

Shut down these snowmobile trails in the vulnerable areas

[@samuelepasquali6278]

Save the wolves, stop the hunt. In Italy, where i live, whoever kills a wolf goes to prison.

[@kakarroto007]

healthy wolf population means healthy environment.

[@erugila]

kakarroto007 guess you don’t deer hunt in the UP do ya? Wolves have decimated the herd up there. Plus they pray on livestock and dogs. They are worse than stray pit bulls in Detroit. I work in Detroit and have a camp in da yoop

[@kvue2807]

I love wolves also.... But there's people trying to protect the crops

[@vernandocody]

Great words by Carolyn Campbell: this is a completely unethical approach to only scapegoat wolves, they're only the symptom, they're not the cause. I really hope to see the Caribou poppulation in Nothern Alberta comes.

[@Alan-io2ew]

And there are still some people who say that mankind is having little or no effect on the planet!

[@theghostlytoasttoasty1428]

Why doesn't the government just relocate the wolves obviously the caribou are declining because the government is making it happen by keeping oil fracking and oil mining going, just relocate.They destroy the caribous habitat. The wolves have done nothing but kill 2 caribou, they need to survive to.There is a over growing deer population in N.B. relocate them there its a simple job turning into a big deal the wolves are not common in the world. its just not right.

[@BCOutdoorwilderness]

how bout yo\u pay for that then? no clue do ya

[@agwada7712]

The comment made about snowmobile tracks providing a highway for the wolves is ludicrous. Right now up here in northeast BC the wolves could run anywhere they want because the bloody snowpack is hard as a rock. That comment is just another lie perpetuated by the pro wolf side with no grounding in fact. I've been in these northern mountains for 50 years and the snowpack hardens up on a regular basis.

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

Some of those wolves have been introduced into the Western States of the U.S. and they have exploded in number and are at this moment decimating the Elk and Deer populations in Montana, Wyoming and everywhere else they have introduced the Canadian wolf population over here in this country. You ask any hunter in the western states how much the species that was introduced in their areas have affected their numbers of large game animals and you will find an almost total agreement that the species should never have been brought into the U.S. They are not indigenous to that area to begin with so in essence the Gov't. entity that did it was breaking both Federal and State laws about introducing invasive species into this country. They need to control an apex predator when they start getting out of hand and now it's not just the wildlife but the ranchers and farmers are starting to pay for the bad judgement.

[@donatzerodayslife]

TBull Cajunbreadmaker , they are already a problem for ranchers and farmers with livestock, taking everything from cattle to horses and more.

[@TBullCajunbreadmaker]

@@donatzerodayslife Yes I knew that and that is why I brought it up to re-enforce the awareness of the public to you poor ranchers and farmers that have become the victims of a failed and illegal introduction of such an envasive non-indigenous species of a prime great predator into your environment. And they took public money in order to break both state and federal laws that cover the introduction of non native invasive species to any part of the United States. And it's the gov't. that broke their laws. I feel for you and every other person that has to put up with such tyranny.

[@tylermcmahon8157]

Wolves are native to Montana and 2/3rds of the United States.

[@seandagr8475]

if you move any animal from its habitat the chances of survival are threatened.

[@sinodeutsch5777]

this is long overdue

[@illadvised000]

wolf hunters and trappers need to be gut shot

[@joedirte1029]

***** Why are you advocating violence against humans?

[@sinodeutsch5777]

***** so.... basically all the pioneers who build the west? lol

[@BornIn1500]

***** And here we see a liberal hippie bunny-hugger that should jump in front of a truck.

[@illadvised000]

BornIn1500 a good conservative is one that receives a bullet in his guts

[@IvanIvanov-vy7pt]

People are SO naive. Its OK for them to loose one species of animals as long they "save" the wolves. Simply DUMB. And ofcourse Peter has to say :What wolves "could do" instead of reporting honestly what they really DO.

[@gumby-vk4mo]

you can eat deer elk etc you can not eat a wolf.

[@ValThracian]

Says who?

[@gumby-vk4mo]

Well then go for it

[@osoufmiller5499]

Exactly who says one can not eat a wolf

[@SentinelIXK]

@@ValThracian how many carnivorous mammals have you eaten in your lifetime?

[@matthewseabolt7342]

@@SentinelIXK I've eaten three coyotes and one bobcat. Each coyote tasted very different, I presume whatever they had been eating likely flavored the meat a lot. One was downright bad but another which had been eating a lot of persimmons was quite good. The bobcat had a naturally sweet taste and was the best wild game I have ever eaten.

[@boonedalton6201]

What happens when theres too many wolves and not enough game for them to eat, they start encroching on towns and cities..then we become they prey, managing wolves is not a bad thing, people just dont like hunters keeping wildlife in check so all game can thrive...

[@mansterj]

Seems to me that it has become fashionable to hate hunters because enough people can get their meals without ever getting their hands dirty.

[@boonedalton6201]

Yup...youre right

[@rjs700]

way to go alberta may god bless you and mahe your aim true

[@lesbosma4813]

Bannnnngggg!!!! Wolves can always be reintroduced.... Two plus two is four

[@RomulusTheWild6693]

so humans caused this to happen yet again and as always everyone else but them suffer as a result :(

[@trutlenemo]

These wolves need to be thinned out Period..!

[@jstangler2803]

Hopefully someday it will be legal to shoot wolves all across North America. I want to be in that helicopter

[@injens]

j stangler o

[@AustrianJager]

I would like to hunt wolfs, but never from a heicopter. That has NOTHING to do with hunting!

[@barbarakampfer3683]

If you create a problem you have to fix it, when man moves into a area and brings a disturbance in the balance of things you have to control a species to bring back balance.

[@muleskinner4053]

Hey wolf lovers come to northern Wisconsin and see what they did to the deer herd there , they need to be managed (hunting and trapping).

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

It's their natural prey. We can afford to eat something else, wolves can't. Also, extinction of animal species is natural. It's part of the survival of the fittest theory. Prey will evolve to escape predators and predators will, in turn, evolve to catch the new prey.