Release - Alberta Government Ignored Science in Decision to Hand Over Wildlife Management to Trappers
Recent data, available to the Government of Alberta, shows updated wolverine population counts of less than 1000 individuals, sufficient to consider the species ‘threatened’. However, contrary to Minister Loewen’s assertion, there is already sufficient data to suggest that wolverine populations are at risk, and declining. Further, one of the most effective ways to recover the species is to reduce trapping.