Posted by Brad Hill on January 9, 2014 at 11:29 PM
Hey Gary,
thanks for posting this. It's been big news in the Calgary Herald as well - spent a while today writing a letter to the editor about it - will see tomorrow if it's carried.
I have to say that many organizations involved in wildlife photography haven't helped the situation by refusing to take a position on baiting (and leaving it in an "ambiguous" state). For example, the "biggie of biggies" in wildlife photography competitions - the 50 year old prestigious "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" competition co-owned by the Natural History Museum and the BBC prohibits ONLY baiting with live bait, and therefore tacitly condones other forms of baiting. Similarly, many (if not most) magazines that publish images of wildlife have no policy on baiting - I've never been asked if baiting was involved with any of the shots I've sold to a host of different magazines.
The policy in the Wildlife Gallery here on NPN prohibiting the posting of images of baited animals is one of the most progressive policies out there!
Cheers...
Brad
Posted by Peter Cross on January 10, 2014 at 12:03 AM
One wonders what else these photographers might do in search of a photograph. Personally I know that doing something like that would really reduce its real value to me regardless of what I might say to others. Some folks have pretty twisted values. Gary- I couldn't get that link to work but I got the story by using the pertinent stuff in a Google search.
As a very long time member of Defenders of Wildlife I receive information daily on how the North American wolves are exploited and killed for a variety of reasons.....
Just deplorable. Won't catch me using calls, bait, or anything like that. Just asking to have a wolf put down for stupid human gain.
Posted by Michael Toma on February 23, 2016 at 7:36 AM
This story made all the papers in Alberta. The wolves were not baited by the photographers and the author of the article is not worthy of the name. What actually happened was some garbage was thrown from a vehicle or fell off a vehicle. The wolves found it and the photographers stopped to take pictures as would anyone. But the photographers were not baiting.
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thanks for posting this. It's been big news in the Calgary Herald as well - spent a while today writing a letter to the editor about it - will see tomorrow if it's carried.
I have to say that many organizations involved in wildlife photography haven't helped the situation by refusing to take a position on baiting (and leaving it in an "ambiguous" state). For example, the "biggie of biggies" in wildlife photography competitions - the 50 year old prestigious "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" competition co-owned by the Natural History Museum and the BBC prohibits ONLY baiting with live bait, and therefore tacitly condones other forms of baiting. Similarly, many (if not most) magazines that publish images of wildlife have no policy on baiting - I've never been asked if baiting was involved with any of the shots I've sold to a host of different magazines.
The policy in the Wildlife Gallery here on NPN prohibiting the posting of images of baited animals is one of the most progressive policies out there!
Cheers...
Brad
Baiting Wolves in Banff NP
As a very long time member of Defenders of Wildlife I receive information daily on how the North American wolves are exploited and killed for a variety of reasons.....