‘Not Based on Science’: Documents Show Internal Government Scramble to Expand Alberta Cougar Hunt

‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt

A controversial decision last year to substantially increase the number of cougars that can be hunted in Alberta was not based on science, according to government documents obtained by The Narwhal.

Alberta cougar hunting increases ‘not based on science’: docs

A controversial decision to increase cougar hunting in Alberta was ‘based on direction from [the] minister last year and input from stakeholders’