Leashing your dog: A simple way to keep dogs and wildlife safe
Do your part: Keeping dogs leashed is an easy way to safeguard wildlife, and science backs it up.
May 20, 2025
Tag: Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin
Socio-ecological data gives a more holistic view of urban coyotes
Researchers examine urban coyote movement and habitat selection patterns in Los Angeles, California using socio-ecological data.
May 5, 2025
Where does the fox den?
How understanding ideal denning sites in urban environments can help mitigate human-fox conflict.
April 22, 2025
Increasing human tolerance for urban wildlife helps conservation efforts
Researchers surveyed over 1000 Atlanta, Georgia residents to gain a better understanding of tolerance for urban wildlife, informing conservation efforts.
April 7, 2025
Study: Context helps communities coexist
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin breaks down a new study showing the need to define and contextualize wildlife “conflict” to ensure better “coexistence.”
March 18, 2025
New research reveals killing coyotes increases their numbers
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin explores a recent study that shows how killing coyotes may be leading to an increase in populations.
January 27, 2025
Is Canada adequately protecting species at risk? Let’s find out!
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin breaks down a scientific analysis of species at risk legislation across Canadian provinces and territories.
December 16, 2024
Study: Garnering population trends through camera-trapping
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin reviews a study that indicates the use of camera-trapping can be effective at monitoring wildlife populations in a minimally-invasive way.
November 18, 2024
New modelling tool can tell us why large wild mammals are in decline
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin breaks down a study that can help understand the causes behind declines – and therefore the solutions.
October 28, 2024
Literature review: How killing rodents affects carnivores
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin explores a literature review showing how anticoagulant rodenticides – rat poisons – impact animals across the environment.
September 16, 2024
Wildfire Smoke: How it impacts wildlife health and behaviour
Researcher Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin explains a review of how wildfires impact the health and behaviour of animals.
August 19, 2024
Study: Popularity of roadside bear viewing impacts bears and humans
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin explores paper from Frontiers in Conservation Science on how to manage people – and bears – around roadsides in Kananaskis, Alberta.
July 16, 2024
Urban coyote management requires community-based collaborative approaches
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin reviews Cities and the Environment paper that indicates how communities can successfully coexist with coyotes.
June 17, 2024
The Fur-Bearers’ social landscape of wolves paper published
Human Dimensions of Wildlife journal includes Social landscapes of wolves in Canada in June
June 3, 2024
The Lives of Wild Dogs with Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin
Improving the lives of dogs across Canada and around the world is a hefty goal – but by talking about the lives of wild dogs, Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin is getting closer to reaching that goal every day.
February 12, 2024
Are Canadians Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
Drs. Valli-Laurente Fraser-Celin and Stephanie Rutherford join Defender Radio to discuss how the results of the perceptions of wolves survey can help.
November 13, 2023
The Social Landscape of Wolves in Canada: A National Survey
An iconic Canadian species, wolves play an important role in the country’s ecosystems. But what perspectives do Canadians have towards wolves?
July 10, 2023
