BC Wolf Cull Reaches Second-Highest Total: 362 wolves killed
British Columbia’s winter wolf culling program has claimed the lives of 362 wolves in 2025—marking the second-highest kill count since the effort began a decade ago.
May 14, 2025
Tag: research
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
What are coyotes eating in cities, anyway?
Dr. Valli Fraser-Celin examines a study that shows what fecal analysis reveals about urban coyote diets.
February 24, 2025
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
New study shows killing black bears doesn’t reduce conflict
Researchers show that human factors – like attractants – must be mitigated if policymakers want to see change.
October 23, 2024
New research uncovers high-risk viruses circulating on fur farms
Study published in Nature reveals numerous zoonotic diseases circulating among animals farmed for their fur.
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
Science scholarship supports coyote research in Ontario
Nicole Murphy’s research looks into how the public perceives coyotes, and how the media may impact these perceptions..
May 21, 2024
How to Talk to a Science Denier with Dr. Lee McIntyre
Finding ways to talk about important subjects – like natural sciences – with people who don’t believe in science can be a challenge. But it’s one that Dr. Lee McIntyre takes head on.
May 6, 2024
UBC student project examines wildlife feeding
Collaboration between The Fur-Bearers and UBC students looked at attitudes and impacts of wildlife feeding.
April 3, 2024
Do Canadians believe trapping is humane?
National survey reveals what Canadians think about killing neck snares and leg-hold traps.
February 6, 2024
The Fur-Bearers’ scholarship supports research on coyote coexistence
Graduate research contributes to coyote-human coexistence by examining people’s attitudes and emotions toward coyotes.
February 6, 2024
Trapping coyotes for research in Stanley Park is dangerous
The Fur-Bearers has called for the University of British Columbia to suspend research project.
January 24, 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
New review article: One health implications of fur farming
A new article published in Frontiers in Animal Science provides a comprehensize overview into the problems of fur farming.
November 8, 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
The Fur-Bearers supports UBC student research on wildlife
Collaborations between UBC students and The Fur-Bearers look into key issues facing wildlife in British Columbia.
April 18, 2023
