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Killed – With or Without Cause
Two gray wolves from British Columbia, relocated to Colorado for a historic wolf recovery project, have now died in Wyoming—where state policy allows wolves to be killed on sight.
🐺 Wolf 2505: This male wolf, part of the group of 15 translocated from B.C. in early 2025, was shot in March by federal agents in Wyoming after being suspected of preying on five sheep. The wolves selected for relocation had no known history of livestock depredation.
🐺 Wolf 2513: Another wolf from the same group, was confirmed dead in Wyoming on April 9. The cause of death is still unknown—Wyoming law prohibits the release of any details surrounding the wolf’s death.
These wolves were part of Colorado’s ambitious effort to restore a keystone species to its native range—an effort mandated by voters.
Why does this matter?
Wolves are ecosystem engineers. They regulate prey populations and prevent overgrazing, allowing forests and waterways to recover and boosting biodiversity as a result. New science even shows that reintroducing wolves can help mitigate climate change. By controlling deer numbers, wolves allow forests to regenerate, capturing more carbon from the atmosphere.
Wolves are the climate and biodiversity heroes we need—yet they are under attack on both sides of the border. The journey for these two gray wolves ended when they crossed into Wyoming’s “predator zone,” where they lose all federal protection and can be killed with or without cause.
Meanwhile in B.C., the taxpayer-funded winter wolf cull continues in the name of caribou recovery—even as habitat destruction from industry remains the true culprit, and it hasn’t stopped.
These deaths underscore a hard truth: without meaningful protections and a serious commitment to coexistence, reintroduction alone is not enough.
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Protect what you love. Protect what is wild.
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B.C. is exporting its forests, its jobs and its future!
On April 9, the Global Yuquot prepared for its third export this year—carrying 35,000 tonnes of unprocessed logs from Vancouver Island straight to Japan and China. Meanwhile, mills across B.C. are shutting down.
Despite government promises to build a value-added forest sector and create more B.C. forestry jobs, raw log exports have increased—taking the jobs with them.
In 2024, B.C. exported 2.75 million cubic metres of raw logs, up nearly 9% from 2023.
And now, B.C.’s struggling forest industry could soon face another blow: the U.S. plans to double softwood lumber duties to nearly 35%.
At the same time, less than 1% of B.C.’s old-growth forests remain—and they’re still falling.
This crisis is a chance for Premier Eby to finally reform our failing forestry system, reduce dependence on the U.S., and secure a future for both communities and forests.
Take action today!
Contact Premier David Eby and Minister Ravi Parmar and demand bold action for B.C.’s forests, communities, and future:
✅ Protect old-growth forests for future generations—save what little is left.
✅ Stop shipping raw logs overseas—keep good jobs in B.C.
✅ Reform B.C. Timber Sales with a long-term vision that puts communities and ecosystems first.
Email now:
👉 premier@gov.bc.ca
👉 FOR.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Let’s raise our voices while there’s still something left to protect.
🎥 by @iantmcallister and @larskisaac
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🌿 Step into an ancient world…right here in B.C.
Join us for a screening of Safe Haven: The Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness—an award-winning film by Damien Gillis and Valhalla Wilderness Society that captures the magic of one of Earth’s rarest ecosystems: the inland temperate rainforest near Revelstoke, B.C.
Home to 2,000-year-old trees and remarkable biodiversity, this is one of the last truly intact wilderness areas in the region. The film is a call to protect it—forever.
Thursday, April 17 | Vic Theatre, Victoria
7:00 PM (Doors at 6:30)
🎟️ Admission by donation
Reserve your spot at the link in bio.
A presentation by biologist Amber Peters follows, with stunning photos from 20+ years of research. Don`t miss this!
#SafeHavenFilm #BCRainforest #OldGrowth #ProtectWhatYouLove #InlandRainforest #ValhallaWildernessSociety
🐟 Wild salmon desperately need our help, and with a Canadian federal election just around the corner it’s time we speak up loudly for salmon.
Don’t let the government backtrack on their commitments! It’s been almost 1 year since the Canadian Federal government promised they would phase out open-net pen salmon farming by 2029, and since then there have been multiple incidences at fish farms in British Columbia.
Each delay means more disasters.
You can keep the conversation going by voting for our very loud campaign from last year.
✔️ Let’s make F*Off the number one Canadian Ad campaign of 2024!
👉 Vote at the link in bio. 🔗
Colossal Biosciences is working to "de-extinct" the dire wolf—an Ice Age predator that vanished over 10,000 years ago. But let’s be clear: these animals are not true dire wolves. They are genetically modified grey wolves, engineered to express dire wolf genes and traits. It’s not resurrection—it’s rebranding.
The idea may sound like sci-fi made real, but it raises urgent, real-world questions.
🐺 Today, wolves occupy just 67% of their historic range worldwide. In North America, grey wolves continue to be vilified, hunted, trapped, and poisoned under the guise of “wildlife management” or “pest control.” And in British Columbia, hunting forums are already buzzing with speculative talk about one day hunting these so-called “dire wolves.”
❓So we have to ask:
Before we "resurrect" apex predators for curiosity, legacy, or spectacle, shouldn`t we first prove we can coexist with the ones we have now?
Relying on the idea that we can bring species back through technology risks undermining the critical and urgent drive to protect them in the first place—an attitude that could drive extinction rather than prevent it. Conservation isn`t just about saving species. It’s about changing the systems—and mindsets—that led to their decline in the first place. Until we do that, we risk repeating history... only this time, with bigger teeth.
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