Stop Shooting Wolves From Helicopters

British Columbia Premier David Eby, whose provincial government oversees some of North America's most iconic wildlife habitat, is considering a proposal to keep shooting wolves from helicopters for another five years. It's cruel, costly, and it won't deliver a lasting recovery for caribou.

Since 2015, more than 2,800 wolves have been killed under B.C.'s predator reduction program, commonly known as the wolf cull. In the 2025-26 season alone, 300 wolves and six cougars were killed.

Yet after a decade of killing wolves, caribou are still in trouble. Why? Because wolves were never the main problem. Habitat loss is. The forests caribou depend on are being fragmented and destroyed by logging, mining, oil and gas development, and other industrial activities.

Wolves are intelligent, highly social animals who live in close-knit family groups. Government contractors chase them from helicopters and shoot them from the air using rapid-fire weapons. Many wildlife advocates, scientists, and animal protection organizations have condemned the practice as inhumane.

Please sign Animal Commons’ petition to tell Premier Eby: Stop shooting wolves from helicopters. End this cruel and costly cull. Protect caribou by protecting habitat—not by killing apex predators.

In solidarity,

Action Collective