Predator Awareness in Alberta
Numbers of
Big Game in our Eastern Slopes are declining rapidly!!
Copyright Alberta Wildlife Enhancement
Society
Our mission is to provide support for our big game
animals and their habitat in Alberta. And also to see that we maintain a
sustainable population of big game animals by keeping a balance between
predators and big game species in the interest of all outdoor enthusiasts.
Goals:
- To ensure Alberta Fish and Wildlife upholds its
management plan that they have in place to balance predators and our big game species.
- To supply a source of up-to-date information and
statistics for all outdoor enthusiasts to frequent and provide support to
topics of their interest.
Issues:
- Decreasing numbers of big game animals in our
Eastern Slopes due to predation.
- Demands for Buffer Zones around our Provincial and
Federal parks in Alberta to restrict the management of wolves.
- New regulations for wolves in Alberta
for hunters and trappers. (Quota's on wolves taken per year, and registration of
all wolves taken by ranchers, hunters and trappers.)
Big Game numbers are declining
rapidly !!!!
HUNTERS ARE LOSING THEIR RIGHT TO HUNT!!!
Special License draws are being cut due
to a lack of big game!!!
Antlered elk draws have been cut in some of our mountain WMU's due to
declining elk numbers, the bull to cow ratio in these areas is in dire
straits
We have
now lost the right to hunt antlerless elk in some of
our mountain WMU's due to declining numbers of elk from
predation!!
Make sure to read these Alberta Fish and Wildlife
Management Plans
Many hunters do not realize there is a wolf season in
Alberta and that the use of bait is permitted!
(some restrictions apply, be sure to read the hunting
regulations)
Click here for the regulations on hunting wolves in Alberta.
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We have elk survey numbers from different groups within the Government
and also from biologists that show that big game numbers are down and that
predation is mostly to blame!!!
Click here to See These
Reports
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We were at the Storm of Protest held in Calgary on January 29th
2003 at which a guest spoke about the reintroduction of wolves
in Yellowstone being a success and that the elk herds of Yellowstone were
doing just fine.
We have contacted different groups in the USA and are getting a different
response to the question:
Are the elk of Yellowstone
doing just fine with the introduction of wolves?
At this same Protest there was a comment from one
of the organizers that read an e-mail he received from a concerned rancher
in the Sundre area. The concerned rancher said he has been seeing a lot of
wolves around his land and is afraid for his livelihood because of predation
of his livestock. The organizer said that if he had that many wolves around
he should sell his cows and start having wolf sighting tours .Then he
would not have to ask the government for hand outs and drought aid packages.
