Human nature: Step 1: Create problem. Step 2: Blame someone/something else for said problem. Step 3: Punish them. Step 4: Pat yourself on the back, because you saved the world again.

Back in the 70's the Government hired my Dad to trap them in WY,they paid him for it.

Shelley and Casey won't be walking with them after dark.

when a prey has 1-2 offspring per year and wolves have a litter it doesnt take much to realize whats going on.

The lady at 2:30 has no idea what she’s talking about

I just watched a video from this year , Areas are now void of game animals and wolves are moving and destroying other areas , Eating game they normally dont , In the states we have coyote problems , They have become urbanized , Snatch pets out of back yards , makes anti hunters start crying for control

i agree wolves are in our area cache creek kamloops area now and its getting worse our deer and moose are in decline im first nation and we see the devastating affect of wolves

This is such nonsense!

Why do you think that wolves were almost extinct but now they have been reintroduced and there is hardly any caribou elk Pronghorn mule deer Whitetail they're not needed no more they should be eradicated. Just like our forefathers did. When they start in urban areas where your kids are playing at because there is no population control are you going to let your kids go outside and remember they're very hungry because there's nothing else to eat.

its rather easy to put economic value on wolves and open up a hunting season for them

If you let the weak herds get eaten, then they'll go after the strong ones

Why wouldn't you call it the war on mountain caribou?

Humans have always culled wolf packs. We evolved side by side and competed with each other. Not thinning wolf numbers is a very new and damaging human mistake.

The pine beatle has decimated the pine forests of BC therefore taking away much of the thermo cover during the winter months that help the Bovids of all types including Caribou survive. Because of this the pine areas are deforested and stop providing cover for caribou while giving wolves a better line of sight and sent while hunting...

People don’t understand that we have a part in the circle of life

Wolves take mass numbers of all game in every province that their in.

This lady is ludicrous.

There was once a balance, it can happen again.

Quebec did the same thing as B.C. is now doing, but perhaps not on the same scale. Habitat loss is the primary reason Caribou are disappearing. You cannot give out cutting permits right and left on the forests which the Caribou need to use to survive. I witnessed little calves with heavy collars put around their necks, just stumbling around after their mothers here in Quebec. In B.C from the air and from the water, I saw fringes of trees left standing along the highways, but behind vast amounts of clear cutting was taking place. Habitat loss is the greatest threat to Caribou and both governments know it, but the scapegoat, as usual, are the predators.

End the CBC!

I agree that wolves should be getting killed It's not like they are saying wipe them out just bring there numbers down so they don't wipe out deer, caribou, moose dont get wiped out. I myself absolutely love wolves but I have killed them myself

I believe the proble is the lack of trap lines and advertisements for empty spots people that have past away and trap lines never being used

Most dogs would look back and try to run after the car. Instead this dog just walks away like he feels no connection to the owners at all. Very strange.

I rather have caribou than wolves. I agreed with biologist Mckay that drastic measure are needed.

Northern Wisconsin use to have a healthy deer population. Now that we have wolves, deer hunters are seeing more wolves than deer. Some areas can't handle wolves, that's why we have hunting seasons, to keep populations in check. Wolves are fine by me, just as long as they are kept in check just like deer, turkeys, ducks, geese, coyotes, elk, etc.

From BC to the Yukon, The wolves are having a devastating effect on animals that people need to live everyday. Subsistence living by many tribes is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. Meaning people will have to leave their ancient homes and hunting grounds because the wolf packs are getting too big. Caribou and Moose populations have dropped down to almost nothing causing tribes to have to travel farther and farther, with no guarantee of being able to feed their families. Add to that the overfishing by Commercial fleets and fisherman for Salmon is indeed troubling. Where do these people turn for help? A way of life will soon be a thing of the past. Once subsistence living is wiped out, it will never return!

It’s all about balance! Save them both!

Thousands of years ago, wolves were prey to to other now extinct animals, and their numbers were kept in check. Man took over that role starting probably 10,000 years ago until recently. Wolves have always had to breed prolifically to survive. Their predators are gone, but their reproductive rate is still very high. If we allow them to become overpopulated, they will eat every single deer, moose, elk, and caribou within a few short years. Other great predators like puma, lynx, bobcat, and bear will also suffer because of wolf overpopulation.

That couple has 2 wolf pets, now all wolves are their pets.

you can eat caribou,not wolves.the answer is clear to me.

The people walking with the wolves have no experience with wild animals whatsoever.

Wolves now have a super highway to their prey, thanks to man. A journey which would take a pack, several days to complete, now takes several hours. Prey species have no time to recover, or move on; the wolves a right there with them, decimating their numbers. It’s solely due to man’s interference, that these wolves are now in danger. Logging roads, recreational trails, snow mobiles etc, have created these super highways, making it so easy for wolves to hunt, anything, and everything. The wolf population needs to be managed, if true diversity to remain.

The wolves will come back they always do

Which would you rather eat a wolf or Caribou

I hate to say it, but when you open up the semi alpine to recreation vehicles that pack down the snow and make accessible trails for wolves, then this is what you get.

What will wolves feed on after they finish caribous?

Lol its easy for them to look at the situation when their walking around with domesticated wolf's

You have to keep the wolves in check. But do it ethically

Any species that can jump back like wolves have they are then unmanageable.

I Thought my boy Bhris Breezy was about to break it down

I was very close to there in Chetwynd area hunting moose. I watched a pack of about 50 wolves get organized and went after a bull moose and took it down. They are highly intelligent and perfect killers. They got my moose and I was not happy. There are thousands of them there. Every night you could hear them and its spooky.

Wolves in our area have killed just about everything. Hardly a Moose, Elk or deer left. Only animals left are in town and around our house trying to stay alive. Too bad it had to get this bad before they started to react. It will take years before the populations come back once the wolves get removed. Thank god they are doing something.

At 3:30 the comment is made it is ludicrous to shoot one species to save another. So what she is saying is that they know the largest predator on these caribou should go unchecked and left alone and try to find away other than managing the apex predator of caribou.

These wolves need to be thinned out Period..!

You can eat deer, caribou, and elk. You cannot eat wolves. They have their place but so do the animals that people depend upon to feed their families. Not everyone can run to the grocery store and buy their meat some depend upon wild game. The check and balance system is hard but is a necessary must!

I hunt..and I love wolves , I respect them. but hearing stuff like this bothers me. we humans are smarter and can reason better then any animal that I know of. so instead of punishing those who hunt by instinct and to survive, why don't we use our brains... and put our selfish selves to the side. maybe stop hunting for a couple of years in order to let animal numbers rise back up. sounds more logical.... sincerely , A hunter.

why not catching the wolves and release them hungry at the bilderberg meeting. there are to much parasitical human there.

Caribous are like a wolve’s main food source

Omg when the weak herds are gone the healthy become the weak

Wolves came from Asia. If not managed, there will be nothing left but wolves.

And there are still some people who say that mankind is having little or no effect on the planet!

Where I live here in Colorado, hunters b*tch and whine about the extremely few wolves we have around. Why do they whine? Because THEY want to be the ones killing the deer and elk, screw the wolves. If humans hadn't intervened in nature way back when, the balances would have been doable as nature intended. Add government into the equation and EVERYTHING gets f'd up.

Let mother nature do what it does and leave the wolves alone

Once the wolves have killed all the Caribou, hunger will drive them to find another food source. The first to go will be pets, children and anyone else who they can catch off guards. It's a tough choice when you have to choose between people, their kid and wolves. If something isnt done now, they will turn to alternative food sources (people) then they all of the wolves will be completely and totally exterminated.

I would say select all the wolves you can give them to the Bunny huggers and let them see them on kale

Truth is, our piss poor government needs to address the real, original problem. In the meantime, I eat before a wolf eats, and I don’t mean beef. Support the cull, and all the BC resident hunters and trappers doing their part.

We have the same problem in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Planted wolves are slaughtering the deer herds. We hunt a two mile section of river, zero deer but 7 wolves in 3 different packs. We used to see moose, very rare any more.

They are beautiful but they have wiped out herds of elk in the Kootenay valley and all valleys close to it I just worked where the caribou were they was 2 left they are now moved to Revelstoke. wolves were introduced to this area and they need to go I have seen the decline in Alberta as well its not a good thing.

Breezys phone voice is impeccable

Did it ever occur to people we live in their migratory patterns ? And as a result effect their food supplies ? So they attack livestock and other animals to survive ?

dude, this is sad

The people that are using captured wolves for pets and for their own profit should be fined for adding negative fuel to the debate. A wolf should not be someones pet. Wolf numbers should be kept in check, period. The trapper and hunter has always been part of natures fabric of life, The bleeding hearts should stay in the city and let the hunters and trappers and ministry do their required work of controlling numbers of over abundance. Thanks!

Been hunting prince George moose 30years now. 15years ago they were everywhere. Now there are a few in thousands of square km. It's a mess need a bounty for each wolf to encourage hunting them. Farmers are the most effective for hunting them they can wait at night by the cows because there's no wild animals left so they take cows down every night. I spoke with huge ranch owners. They killed 50wolfs in one month. Few days later a new pack came in.

Thank you for reporting this!

Wildlife has its way of things. Don’t interrupt its course

Cull the wolves. They have pretty well wiped out the moose in Manitoba

Are hunters in Canada allow to hunt Caribou?

If you create a problem you have to fix it, when man moves into a area and brings a disturbance in the balance of things you have to control a species to bring back balance.

Some of those wolves have been introduced into the Western States of the U.S. and they have exploded in number and are at this moment decimating the Elk and Deer populations in Montana, Wyoming and everywhere else they have introduced the Canadian wolf population over here in this country. You ask any hunter in the western states how much the species that was introduced in their areas have affected their numbers of large game animals and you will find an almost total agreement that the species should never have been brought into the U.S. They are not indigenous to that area to begin with so in essence the Gov't. entity that did it was breaking both Federal and State laws about introducing invasive species into this country. They need to control an apex predator when they start getting out of hand and now it's not just the wildlife but the ranchers and farmers are starting to pay for the bad judgement.

Reduce wolves first. Save some deer meat for me.

I’m going to say this cause it needs to be said. Wolves need management. I am in no way saying wipe them out no and if you want to wipe them out I don’t associate myself with you. However like all animals sometimes things get out of hand and the balance of nature gets out of hand. Human visitation has helped wolf numbers for years and as a results the population is thriving but at the cost of the Caribou. Just like how when coyote populations threaten the deer this needs to be addressed. If you love wolves I can’t blame you I do too their amazing animals but they do need to be managed to keep the environment balanced.

With too many predators not enough food the wolfs will suffer

Why isn't "keep the humans out of caribou territory" one of the options?

this is long overdue

Bannnnngggg!!!! Wolves can always be reintroduced.... Two plus two is four

I love wolves also.... But there's people trying to protect the crops

Is ABSOLUTELY NEEDED! Ny any MEANS available!

Shut down these snowmobile trails in the vulnerable areas

You know what I find strange,people want wolves killed for killing other animals and there's a fair number of support for that. In Australia they cull sharks for killing humans and there's huge protests against that. It's just a strange observation,I don't support either nor am I against hunting either in controlled programs. I just find it strange compared to wolves I'd say sharks are more dangerous yet more will protest their killing. I think we have been conditioned to hate wolves for centuries,and yes while we fear sharks(thanks to jaws and other movies)it has not gone on as long

Has a politician ever looked into the Yellowstone wolf project? Has a hunter? I don’t believe they have. They are what you would call ignorant

The way I see it the people are at fault for kicking the caribou out of their habitat

You people are full of crap: it is much needed. Wolves have no predator except for man. They are not only wiping out Caribou, but deer, moose, elk and when they are gone they will prey on people.

Let the animals sort it out on their own. They've been fending for themselves for thousands of years. Wolves are apex predators who kill off sick, weak and old members of deer herds, helping to keep the populations healthy... Do you think it may be possible that they know something about the herds of caribou that we don't....maybe there is something wrong with the herds of caribou in the Northeast BC and the wolves are just sorting it, as they've been doing for a millennia.

if you move any animal from its habitat the chances of survival are threatened.

40% of Caribou deaths are caused by wolves. 60% Humans

A huge chunk of this video has absolutely no good information and it doesn't even remotely frame the issue correctly or neutrally. It frames wolves as villains and only help to hurt the environment.

When will people understand that extinction of the wolf prey it against its instinct! A pack will have less pups if there’s not enough food or the young males and sometimes females will leave the pack

They’re getting smarter in BC!

Why doesn't the government just relocate the wolves obviously the caribou are declining because the government is making it happen by keeping oil fracking and oil mining going, just relocate.They destroy the caribous habitat. The wolves have done nothing but kill 2 caribou, they need to survive to.There is a over growing deer population in N.B. relocate them there its a simple job turning into a big deal the wolves are not common in the world. its just not right.

so humans caused this to happen yet again and as always everyone else but them suffer as a result :(

Damn its hard enough just to get a meal out there.

Damn! Wish I’d known this before our road trip 2016 trip from Calgary to Vancouver Island. Would’ve been great to drop into Golden and chat to these guys. Best wishes.

way to go alberta may god bless you and mahe your aim true

Here's something to consider- both wolves and caribou have both lived in North America LONG before we came here, and somehow the caribou did absolutely fine. We showed up, and all of a sudden they're critically endangered. Coincidence??

You can eat one the other is not recommend, get rid of the wolves they recover faster.

Why not breed the caribou?

I live in Alberta what a no respect for the wolf

you can eat deer elk etc you can not eat a wolf.

A big problem is snowmobile trails into the high country. This gives easy access to the Caribou for the Wolves.

How old is the this planet? We are obviously not looking at history. For 10’s of thousands of years and even longer, I’m sure all these animals survived. And there was no modern day conservation agencies 20,000 years ago. Modern day humans get so stressed out over nature that is much more older than they are. It’s as if they are discovering a new problem that has never existed before. I think humans are the problem!