Sep 23rd, 2026
Responsible pet guardianship means supervising dogs outdoors and keeping cats indoors or safely contained in a catio or walked on-leash. Wildlife is only one part of the picture. Free-roaming and unattended pets can encounter hazards created by people, other animals and the environment itself.
Apr 21st, 2026
Coyote Watch Canada joins national coalition of leading animal protection and environmental organizations in calling on Health Canada to immediately reverse its March 30 decision authorizing "emergency" use of strychnine in Alberta and Saskatchewan to kill Richardson's ground squirrels.
Apr 20th, 2026
In a shocking decision made on March 30th, Health Canada reversed its previous ban on the notoriously cruel poison strychnine, granting Alberta and Saskatchewan emergency use permits to kill ground squirrels until November 2027. In response, a coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups across the country is denouncing the reckless decision and calling on Health Canada to uphold the science-based strychnine ban.