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Often, a picture can be worth a thousand words. We create, and make available, infographics to tell complex stories quickly and effectively.
INFOGRAPHICS
Often, a picture can be worth a thousand words. We create, and make available, infographics to tell complex stories quickly and effectively.
Photos show government-contracted wolf killers displaying carcasses like trophies
Photo by Helen E. Grose
Eastern wolves are at risk
Despite being home to a rare wolf species found nowhere else in the world, both Ontario and Quebec have systematically avoided meaningful bans on hunting and trapping, which are the primary threats to the species.
There are likely fewer than 500 eastern wolves left in the world.
Ontario has been delaying its Recovery Strategy since 2018, saying the species recovery is complex, while researchers have been recommending hunting and trapping restrictions for years. We already have a proposed Wolf Recovery Zone, it's time to pressure Ontario to ban wolf killing in this area now.
Ontario is planning on scrapping their once-gold-standard Endangered Species Act to replace it with a toothless law called the Species Conservation Act that will utterly fail eastern wolves and many other species at risk. We need to act now while the ESA is still in place.
What are we asking for?
- immediate ban on hunting and trapping wolves and coyotes, across the proposed
Wolf Recovery Zone in order to connect isolated populations of eastern wolves
- clarification about the Ontario Government's plan to recover goals given their plans to replace the ESA with the SCA
- publication of the long overdue Recovery Strategy in 2026
Figure from the Draft Ontario Recovery Strategy showing a proposed Wolf Recovery Zone outlined in black. Note the close association of genetically confirmed eastern wolves, indicated with black dots, with protected areas, in green. These protected areas are too small and isolated to recover the population.
