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November/December 2006 issue |
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FEATURE
Wildlife stories of the year
Humans everywhere are surrounded by
wildlife. Sidestepping ants on the sidewalk,
feeding pigeons in the park, watching whales
on a cruise or culling coyotes on a farm,
we observe and affect the lives of other species
all the time. Once in a while, our interactions
with animals make the newspapers for a day.
But for every news story about wildlife, there
is another, deeper tale to be told. On the
following pages, we gather some of the most dramatic and significant wildlife
stories from the past 12 months, and explore their circumstances and implications.
Wolf attack
A young man’s tragic death — apparently by marauding wolves — raises troubling questions
about our relationship with Canis lupus
Excerpt of story by Allan Chambers
On Nov. 8, 2005, Kenton Carnegie, a 22-year old
University of Waterloo geological engineering
student, was working at a co-op job with a survey
company at Points North Landing, near
Wollaston Lake in northern Saskatchewan, when
he decided to take an afternoon walk. When he
didn’t return, his workmates went looking for him
and found his body just 500 metres away, mauled
and surrounded by wolf tracks and other marks
that suggested a struggle in the snow.
Two suspect wolves in the area were shot and
sent for a necropsy. Lab tests found "undigested
material that may or may not relate to predation
on a human being" in the wolves’ stomachs. Saskatchewan’s
chief coroner has ordered a full inquest, to be held in
February in Prince Albert, Sask. Meanwhile, officials urge
caution in reaching conclusions, pointing out that there
were no witnesses to Carnegie’s death.
For the rest of this story, visit your local newsstand or go to our store to buy this issue.
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