Help Protect Ontario's Wolves

As one of few remaining places on earth that is home to 2 unique wolf species, Ontario has an opportunity to become a world leader in wolf conservation. We need your help to make this a reality and end persecution once and for all.

Ontario had previously been recognized as one of the top 3 worst jurisdictions in the world for wolf protection. It wasn't so long ago that the province offered a bounty to reward people who killed wolves.

Following intensive campaigning and pressure from concerned citizens, the provincial government began to restrict wolf killing across the majority ...

As one of few remaining places on earth that is home to 2 unique wolf species, Ontario has an opportunity to become a world leader in wolf conservation. We need your help to make this a reality and end persecution once and for all.

Ontario had previously been recognized as one of the top 3 worst jurisdictions in the world for wolf protection. It wasn't so long ago that the province offered a bounty to reward people who killed wolves.

Following intensive campaigning and pressure from concerned citizens, the provincial government began to restrict wolf killing across the majority of wolf range in 2004, signalling a positive change in direction.

However, wolf conservation has stalled over the last few years. In the North, both wolves and coyotes are being scapegoated for moose declines, and the threatened Algonquin wolf remains unprotected throughout the majority of its suspected range in central Ontario.

Wolves require large tracts of undisturbed wilderness to behave naturally and meaningfully contribute to the ecological integrity of the Ontario wilderness.

Photo credit: Julie DeRoche

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Ban Wolf Snaring

Many other jurisdictions throughout the world have banned snares because they are cruel and indiscriminate killers. Wolf snares accidentally kill many other species, including eagles, wolverines, caribou and bears. Being homemade devices, strangling snares are exempt from the Agreement International Humane Trapping Standards. Help us ban this practice today!

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cc Ministers Yakabuski and Yurek,

I urge you to ban wolf snaring in Ontario.

There are no certified or mandatory killing snares for wolves or coyotes in Canada, even though they are the most common devices used to trap wolves. Snares are not subject to the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards because they are not considered commercial devices, despite being sold commercially as well as being made by hand. Trapping research experts publicly denounced wolf snaring as inhumane because wolf physiology prevents the animals from being killed efficiently. Indeed, they suffer from "jelly head" syndrome before dying, because their well-muscled necks prevent the snare from quickly halting oxygen flow to the brain.

Snares are also non-selective, posing threats to non-target species, including domestic pets and species at risk, such as Ontario's threatened Algonquin wolves, wolverines, golden eagles and even caribou. In Alberta, voluntary reports from wolf trappers indicated that caribou, grizzly bears, lynx, owls, eagles and wolverines were killed in addition to many other non-target species. I understand that best practices exist, but snares still harm an enormous number of species, and only accidents involving species at risk are required to be reported to the province.

Given this information, it is not surprising that a province-wide poll from 2004 concluded that 83% of Ontarians are concerned that snaring is legal.

I call on you to build on 2005’s Strategy for Wolf Conservation in Ontario and work towards better protection for both grey wolves and Algonquin wolves in the province by banning wolf snaring.  It is time Ontario joins the ranks of other leading jurisdictions who believe the indiscriminate nature of snaring is unacceptable, including 11 EU member states and 15 US states.

Sincerely,

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