Here is an image from a few years ago. Sherri and I visited the Northern Lights Wolf Center near Golden, British Columbia. We enjoyed a photo shoot with Maya.
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May 19, 2014 | Categories: Conservation, Photography, Wildlife | Tags: British Columbia, canus lupus, Golden, Northern Lights, photography, wildlife, wildlife center, wolf | Leave a comment
The elephants at the Calgary Zoo have always been one of the most favorite exhibits at the Zoo for my wife and me.
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February 20, 2013 | Categories: Conservation, Photography, Wildlife | Tags: Alberta, Calgary, elephant, photography, Zoo | 1 Comment
On Friday October 5, 2012 Parks Canada confirmed that 2 grizzly cubs yearlings were stuck and killed approximately 10km west of Banff on the CPR tracks. Trains are the single biggest killer of grizzly bears in Banff National Park. There have been 10 known grizzly bear mortalities on the tracks since 2001, including eight over the last six years. Ten fatalities in an estimated population of 60 individuals pushes the grizzlies toward unsustainability. It would be a crushing blow to the park to have them disappear completely.
I spotted the above cub at Moraine Lake near Lake Louise in Banff National Park last year. This one would be the same age as the two that were killed.
Many of the trains travelling through the park have hopper cars that leak grain and the grain attracts the bears looking for something to eat. The grain car fleet is aging and are wearing out. I’ve seen grain sprouting on the railbed west of Field, BC. That’s well over 100 miles to the nearest grain loading terminal and way too far to still be leaking grain.
It’s time that something needs to be done. As I see it, there are three that could be done.
- Fix up the grain cars, so that they don’t leak out grain while going down the road.
- Slow down the trains travelling through the park.
- Fence off the tracks like the highway to keep all animals off.
I think that a combination of the first two are a viable option while all of the cars are being retrofitted. The third would be the long term best option, protecting not only bears but moose and elk as well.
I wonder why the grain producers are not concerned by the way the grain that they produce is being wasted. The kernels of wheat dribbling out the bottom of the car all of the way to Vancouver.
If you’d like to help out please sign the petition at the bottom of the page.
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Canadian Pacific/Parks Canada Petition
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October 10, 2012 | Categories: Conservation, Photography, Wildlife | Tags: Alberta, Banff, bear, grain, grizzly, National Park, photography, railroad, railway | 3 Comments
I was very glad to see the Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) at the Calgary Zoo. There are only two North American crane species, the other being the Sandhill Cranes.
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March 30, 2012 | Categories: Conservation, Endangered, Locations, Photography, Wildlife | Tags: Alberta, Calgary, conservation, crane, endangered, Grus americana, IUCN, photography, Whooping Crane, Zoo | Leave a comment
The Big Horn Sheep exhibit in the Canadian Wilds area of the Calgary Zoo had an extra visitor inside the enclosure. A magpie had landed on the head of the sheep and seemed to be cleaning at the base of it’s horn.
This was just a fun kind of image that I thought I’d include for your enjoyment.
Nikon D300s, Nikkor 70-200mm @200mm, f/2.8, 1/250 sec, ISO 500, hand held
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March 23, 2012 | Categories: Conservation, Locations, Photography, Wildlife | Tags: big horn, Calgary, magpie, photography, sheep, Zoo | Leave a comment
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