We are hearing from many people that Minister Phillips does not feel the need to respond to inquiries from the people who voted for her. It's time to get tough. We encourage you to write to her boss - Premier Rachel Notley and copy, not only Minister Phillips, but also reporters from various media outlets who have reported on bounties and snares in the past. We encourage specific questions to the Premier, as well as letting her know that you are writing to her, as Minister Phillips is not responding. Also ask the Premier when you can expect a reply or if you need to do a FOIP request. We will be posting information on how to do a FOIP request and below have the addresses of reporters who have reported on this topic in the past, as well as some questions that you can ask. We need to get tougher. If everyone who follows this page wrote to the Premier and having failed to get accurate timely responses prepared a FOIP request then we may start to see some action. In addition, keep in mind that Pyramid Productions has just won a high regarded award for their film Unnatural Enemies: The War on Wolves. This is the same award that was awarded to Blackfish and The Cove and we all know how much exposure those films received. The time is now. If you want to see change, then Liking and sharing is just not enough and the GoA seems to feel okay about ignoring Albertans, it is time to get tough and be heard. Do not be ignored.
Some questions to ask -
1) Given the current science on how incredibly cruel and dangerous snares are and the countless scientist who have weighed in on that subject, in addition to the fact that they are not species specific, why are they continuing to be allowed in Alberta?
2) Why are special interest groups allowed to continue with bounties which work to serve their own interests such as the Wyoming Sheep Foundation, allowed to continue?
3) Section 7 of the Wildlife Act of Alberta states that all live wildlife is vested in the Crown. This means they have legal responsibility to manage wildlife in Alberta. This authority comes from our constitution under the Constitution Act, 1982. Provinces have the authority to manage wildlife.
In the bounty program in Alberta, this is not a provincial government program & the GoA has consistently stated it is not their program but the municipalities. The GoA has not given authority to the municipalities to conduct this program. It is a wildlife management program & according to constitutional authority, the GoA can not delegate that responsibility of managing wildlife through bounty programs to a lower level (municipalities).
Why is it then that the municipalities have simply taken this authority & developed this program & the GoA has taken a blind eye approach to it?
4) Given this statement from 2013, why does the Alberta Government allow a bounty program?
5) What was the total cost of the aerial wolf culling program for the Province of Alberta in caribou habitat in 2015 - 2016?
6) How many wolves were shot and how many were actually killed?
7) Does the Alberta aerial kill program also incorporate the use of the Judas wolf whereby one wolf is collared in order to locate and destroy the entire pack?
Feel free to copy anyone else you can think of who may be interested.
MARK HUME GLOBE AND MAIL
WALLACE SNOWDEN CBC NEWS wallace.snowden@cbc.ca
DANIELLE NERMAN CBC NEWS eyeopener@cbc.ca danielle.nerman@cbc.ca
DAMIEN WOOD CALGARY SUN - DWOOD@POSTMEDIA.COM
BILL MAH EDMONTON JOURNAL - bmah@edmontonjournal.com
ALBERTA SPCA - info@albertaspca.org
Marcia Love Spruce Grove Examiner mlove@postmedia.com
The Hon. Shannon Phillips is the Minister of Environment and Parks: AEP.Minister@gov.ab.ca
The Right Hon. Rachel Notley, Alberta's Premier : Premier@gov.ab.ca and your MLA can be found here: https://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/mla/mla_help.htm
Some questions to ask -
1) Given the current science on how incredibly cruel and dangerous snares are and the countless scientist who have weighed in on that subject, in addition to the fact that they are not species specific, why are they continuing to be allowed in Alberta?
2) Why are special interest groups allowed to continue with bounties which work to serve their own interests such as the Wyoming Sheep Foundation, allowed to continue?
3) Section 7 of the Wildlife Act of Alberta states that all live wildlife is vested in the Crown. This means they have legal responsibility to manage wildlife in Alberta. This authority comes from our constitution under the Constitution Act, 1982. Provinces have the authority to manage wildlife.
In the bounty program in Alberta, this is not a provincial government program & the GoA has consistently stated it is not their program but the municipalities. The GoA has not given authority to the municipalities to conduct this program. It is a wildlife management program & according to constitutional authority, the GoA can not delegate that responsibility of managing wildlife through bounty programs to a lower level (municipalities).
Why is it then that the municipalities have simply taken this authority & developed this program & the GoA has taken a blind eye approach to it?
4) Given this statement from 2013, why does the Alberta Government allow a bounty program?
5) What was the total cost of the aerial wolf culling program for the Province of Alberta in caribou habitat in 2015 - 2016?
6) How many wolves were shot and how many were actually killed?
7) Does the Alberta aerial kill program also incorporate the use of the Judas wolf whereby one wolf is collared in order to locate and destroy the entire pack?
Feel free to copy anyone else you can think of who may be interested.
MARK HUME GLOBE AND MAIL
WALLACE SNOWDEN CBC NEWS wallace.snowden@cbc.ca
DANIELLE NERMAN CBC NEWS eyeopener@cbc.ca danielle.nerman@cbc.ca
DAMIEN WOOD CALGARY SUN - DWOOD@POSTMEDIA.COM
BILL MAH EDMONTON JOURNAL - bmah@edmontonjournal.com
ALBERTA SPCA - info@albertaspca.org
Marcia Love Spruce Grove Examiner mlove@postmedia.com
The Hon. Shannon Phillips is the Minister of Environment and Parks: AEP.Minister@gov.ab.ca
The Right Hon. Rachel Notley, Alberta's Premier : Premier@gov.ab.ca and your MLA can be found here: https://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/mla/mla_help.htm
