Task
- Option One: In a few sentences, recap the issue discussed in this story. What’s the debate? Why does it matter? Who is involved? What concerns you the most? What do you already know about the issue? What do you need to find out more about? What do you hope will be covered in future chapters?
- Option Two: Find an issue in your community that's similar to the one being debated in this story. Create a set of questions that you would like to research in order to better understand the local implications of this debate. (Be sure to investigate all sides of the issue!)
What do you think?
- Do you think solutions to this issue are obvious or easy? Why or why not?
- What do you know about the exploitation of wildlife? Do you think it's a problem in Canada?
- What does ‘best available science’ mean?
- Does one individual matter? Should scientists consider individuals in their research?
- As a young person, if you were to propose a solution to this issue, do you think anyone would listen to you? Why or why not?
Terms & Concepts
- Biodiversity
- Biodiversity Loss
- ‘Forest for the trees’
- Natural Selection
- Background Extinction Rate
- Vertebrate
- Mass Extinction
- Pollster
- Scientific Process
- Anthropomorphize
- Compassionate Conservation
- North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
- Culling
This story in the media
How lynx and wolf reintroductions to Britain could be shaped by preconceptions and psychology
Bias: Centre
Source: The Conversation
File Type: Essay
Overview: How lynx...
Killing owls to save owls: the US wildlife plan that sparked an ‘ethical dilemma’
Bias: Centre
Source: The Guardian
File Type: Essay
Overview: Killing owls...
‘We had to make a choice’: Wildlife Haven no longer treating certain species
Bias: none
Source: CTV News
File Type: Article
Overview: \'We had...
Referenced Resources
- The Role of Hunting in Wildlife Conservation, Explained
- Anglers and hunters are on the front lines of biodiversity
- Hunting is Conservation - Hunting Promotes Biodiversity
- Consequences of recreational hunting for biodiversity conservation and livelihoods
- Is it Time to Rethink the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation?
- Why the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is Problematic for Modern Wildlife Management
- Is it Time to Rethink the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation?
- Does Trophy Hunting Support Biodiversity?
- Banning Trophy Hunting Will Exacerbate Biodiversity Loss
- Can hunting wildlife contribute to biodiversity conservation?
- Awareness of Our Biases Is Essential to Good Science
- How fear of bias dominates the climate change debate
- Confirmation Bias: Why Both Sides Of The Global Warming Debate Are Nearly Always Right
- If You Say ‘Science Is Right,’ You’re Wrong
- Einstein showed Newton was wrong about gravity. Now scientists are coming for Einstein.
- Gould's skulls: Is bias inevitable in science?
- Philosophical bias is the one bias that science cannot avoid
- Alberta’s use of poison as wolf control criticized, feds asked to review
- Documents suggest radio-collared 'Judas' wolves being used in B.C.'s wolf cull
- Wolf culls change hunting habits and help caribou conservation
- Increase wolf cull, pen pregnant cows to save endangered caribou: study
- The Crucial Role of Predators and Predator Management
- Managing Predator-Prey Systems: Summary Discussion
- The biodiversity crisis in Canada: failures and challenges of federal and sub-national strategic and legal frameworks
- Biases in ecological research: attitudes of scientists and ways of control
- Government of Canada recognizes important science work carried out by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
- ‘Best available science’ approach to management decisions by the Commission for the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Living Resources: consistent or selective?
- Defining and Using ‘Best Available Science:’ A Policy Conundrum for the Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
- What is Compassionate Conservation?
- Do Conservation Strategies Need to Be More Compassionate?
- Can conservation be compassionate?
- I Am a Compassionate Conservation Welfare Scientist: Considering the Theoretical and Practical Differences Between Compassionate Conservation and Conservation Welfare
- Compassionate Conservation: A Paradigm Shift for Wildlife Management in Australasia
- The fatal flaws of compassionate conservation
- Envisioning the future with ‘compassionate conservation’: An ominous projection for native wildlife and biodiversity
- Wolf Reduction to Support Caribou Recovery in British Columbia: Frequently Asked Questions
- B.C. extends aerial wolf cull for five more years
- Solo wolves left alive as packs shot from air, trapped as part of B.C. management plan
- B.C. caribou herds stabilizing where wolves are culled, forest ministry says
- Wolf culls will not save endangered caribou in Western Canada, new study finds
- New wolf cull study finds it will not save western Canada's endangered caribou
- Killing nearly 500 wolves in a year failed to protect endangered caribou – study
- Saulteau First Nations supports wolf cull, chief says
- GOABC Supports Wolf Cull