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male wolf roams the tundra near The Meadowbank Gold Mine located
Nunavut on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. (Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN
PRESS)The Canadian Press
Published Friday, February 19, 2016
VICTORIA - British Columbia's controversial helicopter hunt for wolves
meant to save endangered caribou herds has shifted from the Kootenays to
the northeast.
The Resource Operations Ministry said in a statement Friday that the cull in the South Selkirk region ended recently, but it will not provide current wolf-kill figures until both hunts are complete.
The ministry said the aerial wolf hunt is now underway in the northeast's South Peace region, near Chetwynd.
Earlier this year, the government said it planned to shoot 200 wolves
in the second year of its five-year plan to save endangered caribou
herds.
The ministry rejects claims by B.C.'s Wildlife Defence League that all wolves in the South Selkirk area were killed except one.
The ministry says many South Selkirk wolves have been radio-collared, and wolves with territory that isn't in caribou habitat and are not posing a risk to caribou have not been removed.
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The Resource Operations Ministry said in a statement Friday that the cull in the South Selkirk region ended recently, but it will not provide current wolf-kill figures until both hunts are complete.
The ministry said the aerial wolf hunt is now underway in the northeast's South Peace region, near Chetwynd.
The ministry rejects claims by B.C.'s Wildlife Defence League that all wolves in the South Selkirk area were killed except one.
The ministry says many South Selkirk wolves have been radio-collared, and wolves with territory that isn't in caribou habitat and are not posing a risk to caribou have not been removed.
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