Stop the poisoning of wildlife in Canada

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Every year, the government of Canada permits thousands of wild animals to die a painful, prolonged and torturous death by poisoning.

The Canadian government allows the deadly poisons strychnine and Compound 1080 to be used by the province of Alberta to kill wolves, bears and coyotes. But every year the widespread and poorly regulated use of these indiscriminate poisons results in the agonising and painful deaths of not only these animals, but endangered species, dogs, and other non-target animals

Canada wants to be seen as a leader in biodiversity conservation, while at the same time allowing a controversial and ineffective program to poison wolves under the pretext of protecting caribou. Shockingly, the government of Canada has recently recommended that the continued use of these poisons be approved. We are now at a critical crossroads to stop the use of strychnine and Compound 1080 to kill wolves and other wildlife once and for all.

There is no question about it: a prolonged and painful death by poison is inhumane. There is sufficient scientific evidence to end the ineffective, unnecessary and cruel use of these lethal substances. These poisons have no place in modern biodiversity conservation policy. Now is the time to speak up and take action!

Please send a message to the governments of Canada and Alberta, urging them to put an end to the cruel and unnecessary poisoning of wild animals

we need to stop poisoning our wildlife

Right Honourable

Justin

Trudeau

Parliament of Canada

Ms.

Rebecca

Schulz

Government of Alberta

The Honourable

Steven

Guilbeault

Parliament of Canada

The Honourable

Mark

Holland

Parliament of Canada

I am writing to express my concern about the current practice of using poison to kill wolves, bears and coyotes in Canada. There is sufficient scientific evidence indicating that the use of strychnine and Compound 1080 to kill large vertebrate predators is indiscriminate and inhumane.

The use of these poisons is in contravention of the guidelines of the Canadian Council on Animal Care, the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association. and I would like to see an immediate end to the use of these poisons to kill wolves, bears and coyotes in Alberta and Canada.

Strychnine and Compound 1080 cause unnecessary pain and suffering and killing far more animals than those for which they are intended. These poisons have no place in a country that seeks to be a global leader in biodiversity protection. Killing wolves will not help save threatened woodland caribou, so long as Canada allows their habitat continues to be destroyed.

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that killing predators will assist in the recovery of endangered species, such as caribou, or to reduce human-wildlife conflicts. I urge the government to take biodiversity conservation and habitat protection seriously and require humane, non-lethal methods be used to manage conflicts between humans and wildlife.

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stop the cruel poisoning of wildlife

Every year, the government of Canada permits thousands of wild animals to die a painful, prolonged and torturous death by poisoning.

we need to stop poisoning our wildlife

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