Just as Wolves are being reintroduced in parts of Europe and the big bad wolf image is finally being eroded…Why does Canada insist on doing environmentally insensitive things that tarnish its otherwise great reputation?
Not to deflect any legitimate criticism form the U.S. but is Canada not the most environmentally backward country in the world environmentally? One embarrassment after another……..
Perhaps we should not be too surprised at this reaction to the presence of a predator. National or regional culls of many species are intensely political decisions and as wildlife biologists we cannot ignore that. In UK we have been going through political paroxysms over whether to cull badgers to reduce bovine TB infection rates, if so then what culling methods are best, etc, etc. The science is blurred or obscured by the emotive debates, but this is an emotive issue that has political importance and we need to deal with that. Getting good science into policy decisions requires political and social awareness.
It’s like we’ve been transported back a hundred years. Surely they know what happened the last time…?
By: David Greyling on September 1, 2011
at 12:51 pm
Just as Wolves are being reintroduced in parts of Europe and the big bad wolf image is finally being eroded…Why does Canada insist on doing environmentally insensitive things that tarnish its otherwise great reputation?
By: Marc Banks on September 1, 2011
at 1:10 pm
Not to deflect any legitimate criticism form the U.S. but is Canada not the most environmentally backward country in the world environmentally? One embarrassment after another……..
By: John Turner on September 2, 2011
at 3:33 am
Perhaps we should not be too surprised at this reaction to the presence of a predator. National or regional culls of many species are intensely political decisions and as wildlife biologists we cannot ignore that. In UK we have been going through political paroxysms over whether to cull badgers to reduce bovine TB infection rates, if so then what culling methods are best, etc, etc. The science is blurred or obscured by the emotive debates, but this is an emotive issue that has political importance and we need to deal with that. Getting good science into policy decisions requires political and social awareness.
By: David Blake on September 2, 2011
at 7:55 am