B.C. mulls new plan to save Caribou by killing wolves

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More than two decades after pressure from environmentalists shut down an aerial wolf kill program, the province is considering a new lethal strategy.

But before it pulls the trigger, Ministry of Environment officials are canvassing environmental groups to judge reaction to a targeted program to kill wolf packs by helicopter in a bid to save mountain caribou threatened with extirpation.

Two B.C. conservationists confirmed Friday they received e-mails from species-at-risk recovery coordinator Chris Ritchie asking for reaction to a proposed lethal wolf strategy in targeted areas.