WILDLIFE Wildlife Wednesday: does Canada need to cull wolves to save ‘baby reindeer’?
From Canadian Geographic:
Caribou populations in Alberta and British Columbia have been dwindling since 1991, but a new study has found a way to start bringing them back.
For years, conservationists have been experimenting with different ways of increasing caribou populations. Then, by comparing different methods that have been tried in isolation, scientists can analyze specific caribou populations to determine which strategies are most effective.
Unfortunately for wolves, the report suggests that the only effective way of increasing caribou populations was by killing predatory wolves, presenting conservationists with a catch-22.
