Watch: Sharpshooting officer frees antler-locked deer
When two deer locked antlers in a field outside Calgary, an Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer came up with a surprising way to separate them. Tranquilizing one ...
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The February issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management
The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading ...
Canadian Wildlife Service releases migratory bird hunting proposal
The Canadian Wildlife Service released proposed changes to their migratory game bird hunting regulations for the next two hunting seasons (2020-2021 and 2021-2022), ...
Same species, different habitats
Even if songbirds are the same species, those found in certain regions of the boreal forests of Canada may select habitat differently than those in other regions, ...
For first time in 25 years, Fortymile herd open for hunting
As the Fortymile caribou herd populations booms, the Yukon government is allowing hunting of the herd for the first time since 1995. The government imposed a ban ...
A red squirrel dilemma: should they stay or should they go?
TWS member April Martinig can relate to red squirrels. Finding an apartment in Edmonton, Alberta is about as tough as it is for a squirrel in Yukon to find a place ...
Officials wary of wild pigs entering U.S. from Canada
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) have long plagued the South. They’ve made inroads in Canada. Now, residents worry they threaten to spread outside Canada into border states ...
JWM: Are southwest Canada wolverines being overharvested?
Trappers may be harvesting wolverines at unsustainable levels in the south of their range in the Canadian Rockies, according to new research. Maintaining population ...
For mammal diversity, land protections aren’t always enough
Even if an area is protected, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is more mammal diversity than unprotected areas, researchers in Canada found. Instead, it’s the ...
Wild Cam: Habitat restoration not enough to protect caribou
Across the landscape of British Columbia and Alberta stretch hundreds of thousands of kilometers of seismic lines — strips of land cleared to test for oil and gas ...