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Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf
Keg you always do good research before you express a opinion. I grew up in Northern Alberta in 50's and remember the extensive depopulation of wolves/coyotes and was always justified by rabies.
However to throw another twist read reference to trappers in BC and extensive strychnine campaign on wolves. It was mentioned that rabies played a part but the Federal $$$ was put up by Dept of Indian Affairs. It was supposedly to save the ungulate population from wolf slaughter so govt would not have to buy to much beef to feed their wards of the state.
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Would you be north of highway 16? What were numbers like as compared to today?