BC Wolves Getting Rekt to Save Caribou: Is This the Vibe? 🐺📉

The Deets

Fam, listen up. The BC government's been on this whole wolf cull thing since 2015, tryna protect the caribou population, which is currently giving "endangered species" vibes. They're out here capping wolves left and right, but some people are throwing shade, saying it's sus and might not even be doing anything. Like, is it ethical? Is it even helping the environment? And is this gonna be a forever thing?

The numbers are kinda wild. Over the past decade, they've offed like 2,543 wolves and 48 cougars. That's a lot of wildlife, no cap! The government's saying they'll stop once the caribou bounce back, but some peeps ain't buying it. They're saying the real problem is the caribou's habitat getting clapped, and until that's fixed, the wolves are just taking the L for nothing.

And get this, it's costing taxpayers some serious bread – like $1.4 to $1.5 million a year! They're straight-up shooting wolves from helicopters and using "Judas wolves" (basically, wolves that snitch on their own pack). It's kinda savage, TBH.

They dropped a new caribou recovery strategy in November 2024, talking about maternity pens and protecting habitats. But critics are still side-eyeing it, saying it needs more specifics and that wolf culls alone ain't gonna cut it.

Plus, the public is not feeling this wolf cull. Surveys show most people would rather see habitat protection and industry regulations. So, is the government listening? 👀