Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on December 09, 2004 at 19:57:29
from the letters-needed dept.
On November 25th 2004, the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources, David Ramsay announced his proposal for a province-wide wolf management strategy. The Minister is proposing to regulate the recreational hunting of wolves by restricting the seasons and limits on the number of wolves that can be hunted annually through a seal. Under the new plan, hunters would be able to kill 2 wolves per year between September 15th - April 1st. The Minister plans to make it mandatory to report wolf kills and has committed his Ministry to study wolf populations and harvest reports so as to assess the need for further conservation measures in 2006. Take Action, below!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on December 09, 2004 at 19:46:54
from the never-cry dept.
(Toronto) Earthroots congratulates Minister of Natural Resources, David Ramsay, who today announced a plan to improve the conservation of wolves across the province. The Minister is proposing to regulate the recreational hunting of wolves by restricting the seasons and limits on the number of wolves that can be hunted annually. Ontario has been recognized as one of the worst jurisdictions in the world for its exploitative wolf management policies. Currently there is an open season for hunting and trapping wolves without quotas or bag limits to restrict the harvest.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on October 27, 2004 at 23:30:14
from the not-our-belfry dept.
We'll be at the Cambrian Mall in time for Halloween fun! With a display with everything you ever wanted to know about the Little Brown Bat, and with our wonderful Otis II redesigned bat houses for sale. Saturday the 30th, from 9 am, we think we'll be near the Winners entrance but we're not sure, so if you don't see us there, go looking!
writes: "Support Minister Ramsay’s proposal to protect Algonquin Park wolves. Letters needed by April 2nd 2004."
Algonquin Park is the largest protected area for the Eastern Canadian Wolf in the world, an animal designated by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as a Species of Special Concern. The park's wolves have been the subject of one of the longest wolf studies in North America. The research concluded that the park's population was declining, primarily due to high levels of hunting and trapping outside of the park. A team of 15 geneticists and wolf biologists have analyzed DNA samples and suggested that these wolves are a distinct species from the Gray wolf (Canis lupus) and a close relative of the highly endangered Red wolf (Canis rufus). Their findings were published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology (Volume 78) in 2000. If this scientific evidence is accepted, it would make the wolves in Algonquin Park one of the most endangered wolf populations in the world. Full story below.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on June 19, 2002 at 07:25:01
from the it's-about-time dept.
OTTAWA, June 11, 2002. Leaders with some of the country's largest environmental organizations say they are finally able to accept an endangered species law expected to be passed by the House of Commons later today thanks to 11th hour changes that strengthened the bill. But it's far from what they hoped for, and they will be looking for future opportunities to strengthen the bill. More, below.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on April 22, 2002 at 21:42:16
from the bad-ideas-are-hard-to-stop dept.
Both The Peaceful Parks Coalition and The Animal Protection Institute have responded officially to the Ontario government's proposal to destroy thousands of Double-Crested Cormorant eggs and nests in an effort to control their numbers. The Peaceful Parks Coalition and The Animal Protection Institute have expressed concerns regarding this proposal and our comments along with the Cormorant Urgent Appeal are available on the Peaceful Parks website at: http://www.peacefulparks.org. Our comments are located at the bottom of the action alert. If you haven't yet written to the government on this one, please do this now! More below.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on November 09, 2001 at 17:45:21
from the who's-crying-now dept.
From the Wildlands League: Minister of Natural Resources John Snobelen has announced a full ban on the hunting and trapping of wolves around Algonquin Park. In response to your calls and letters urging him to act to protect Algonquin's wolves, the minister has gone beyond the recommendations of the Algonquin Wolf Advisory Committee and forbidden the deliberate killing of wolves in 39 townships surrounding the park for the next 30 months. It is our hope that at the end of this period, the ban can be made permanent. More, below.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on November 01, 2001 at 10:46:41
from the herps-are-people-too dept.
We've just received an urgent request from the biologist who identified the Jefferson Salamander in the area where the bulldozers are pushing through the Bayview Extension, in Richmond Hill. Letters to Elizabeth Witmer, Environment Minister in the Ontario government, are urgently needed. See below for contact info for the Minister and suggested points to make, see link for the full story including the legal battle to get a proper and full Environmental Assessment done on this road building project.
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on May 08, 2001 at 18:55:11
from the never-cry dept.
Sandra Bauer writes: "One of Ontario's two wolf species has been officially designated as a Species at Risk today by the federal Committee On the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). The fate of this species in Ontario now rests in the hands of provincial Minister of Natural Resources John Snobelen, who is considering proposed conservation measures to protect the wolf population around Algonquin Park and across Ontario." You can find the whole story on the CPAWS website.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on March 02, 2001 at 10:09:22
from the top-predator-no-more dept.
In less than one month the fate of Algonquin wolves will be decided. On January 15th 2001, recommendations from the Algonquin Wolf Advisory Group (AWAG) were posted to the electronic Environmental Bill of Rights registry for public comment. For more information see Earthroots. More from Earthroots, below.
