Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story
In an attempt to bolster caribou populations, Alberta is hunting wolves. But are they really the cause of the problem?
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Photo by Michael Cutmore
Continued extraction of oil from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada destroys caribou habitat. But instead of restraining a destructive industry and cleaning up the man-made (but profitable) mess it creates, wolves are being exterminated in an effort to save the caribou population.
Will hunting down wolves solve the real problem? This short documentary, a "first report" from DeSmogBlog, investigates the politics of "ethical oil."
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