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In this episode Mark updates you on the David vs Goliath case of public access to lakes on the Douglas Lake Ranch in BC, killing Canada geese in Stanley Park, a new decision on the Indigenous-led moderate livelihood lobster fishery in Nova Scotia, restoring habitat in caribou recovery areas, hunting endangered caribou in the Quebec-Labrador region, the wolf-eat-cougar world on Vancouver Island, Inuit polar bear hunters get their hides back, banning household rodenticides, banning paintball guns so no one loses and eye, saving the invasive wild pig, banning wild meat consumption, why you should become a hunter and ironic conservation that makes you say, wtf.

In this episode Mark covers the big trending news story about the potential restriction of wolf trapping in BC, a lawsuit over aerial wolf control in BC’s caribou recovery zones, a review of the use of strychnine for wolf poison in Alberta, predator killing contests in Ontario, whether hunters must stand together on every issue, what’s killing BC’s grizzly bears, the cost of failing to cancel a moose tag, the federal firearms Bill C-21 buyback program and the controversy around the Bill allowing municipalities to ban handgun ownership, a failed deer rescue plan in Quebec, the tail of two hunting ban stories, a nature conservation land trust organization standing up for hunting and cloning endangered species.    

In this episode Mark provides an update on the recent announcement to Alberta’s coal mining policy and whether it really means the end to coal mining in the Rockies and he talks about a city that is protecting elk calving habitat, how old is an old grizzly bear, a cougar attack on a BC man, Canada goose-hating Canadians, a big fishing fine in Ontario, the orphaned bear cub versus hunting narrative, restricting off road vehicle damage in the Yukon, exempting fish farms from the Fisheries Act, crab poaching, the trophy hunting debate, why society condemns unacceptable behaviour in most public discourses but tolerates the same behavior in the pubic discourse on hunting and what causes non-hunters to troll hunters an hunters to troll non-hunters.

In this episode Mark talks about the new moose permit lottery system in Ontario, whether Ontario hunters that did not file their hunt reports will get a hunting license in 2021 or not, using a firearm at night in Ontario, land farmers upset about ocean fish farming decision, new endangered caribou research, Quebec Innu caribou hunters, cougar hunting in Banff National Park, a Yukon elk rancher suing the government over wild elk, grizzly bears that are not denning in the Yukon, invasive wild pigs update and a call for action to scientists providing information to the public about the risks of coal mining in Alberta.
Show Notes
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In this episode Mark dives into 2021 with updates on new chronic wasting disease laws in Ontario, high fence hunting in Alberta, Alberta CWD stats, tiger trout okayed for release, fences that kill deer, international pronghorn research update, resurgence of the endangered Bocaccio rockfish not welcomed by commercial fisherman, a Northern Cod stock recovery plan which not everyone likes, huge snowmobile fines for messing around in endangered caribou closure areas, the cost of the federal gun buy back program, Indigenous People being excluded from wildlife counts due to COVID, conflict between constitutional hunters and law enforcement in BC, another run at getting endangered Fraser River Steelhead listed as endangered species and making informed decisions about coal mining in Alberta.