Geography Speaker

Carolyn Callaghan is a senior conservation Biologist who has her Ph.D in wolf ecology and scatology. She came in to speak to us about caribou in Canada nad how their numbers are declining due to wolfs, and how humans are promoting it. I learn't a few new things for example how the reproduction rate of caribou is slow, or how because of human developments, such as mining, forestry, and skido trails we are making it easier for wolfs to get to the caribou. Another thing I learn't is that the action that is being taken is not effective, and could potentially cause more problems than its fixing. Mrs. Callaghan did an amazing job and I found the presentation very informative but I do have a few questions.  Firstly, What can the average person do to help save the caribou? (besides writing a letter that isn't always effective) Secondly, Why are we sacrificing one species for another?  One of Alberta's plan to help save Caribous is to kill off wolfs, and although the Caribou population is declining why do they have seniority over wolfs? Thirdly (this one is more broad) how can we change the world's outlook on climate change which is also causing negative effects on the Caribou and the world in general? But overall I learn't a lot of new things and I'm really glad we got to learn about this.