UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Examining the impacts of large-scale wolf removal in the North

UNBC Ecosystem Science and Management Associate Professor Dr. Jamie Gorrell is collaborating with community, government and academic partners on the Dìga Project.

With some caribou populations in steep decline across northern Canada, wolves were hunted to reduce predation pressure. UNBC Ecosystem Science and Management Associate Professor Dr. Jamie Gorrell is studying the impact these wolf control programs have on wolf health, diet, nutrition, genetics and parasite/pathogen dynamics. 

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