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Wolves, Miley Cyrus, and bears

» BC wolf culling prompts activism from pop star

Mercedes Deutscher
Staff Reporter

prt: Wild, a conservation
group in BC, has recently
received a spotlight on their cause
with the help of Miley Cyrus.

The BC government has put
a wolf culling plan into motion, a
controversial attempt to protect
endangered caribou. Forty per
cent of the caribou population

wolves.

In response, Pacific Wild
released a petition to put an end
to the culling, which Cyrus has
been bringing awareness to.

Cyrus and her brother,
Braison Cyrus, visited BC from
September 19-20. They spent
their time with the province’s
wildlife. After spending time
whale watching on the central
coast, Cyrus spent time with
people from the Kitasoo/Xais’Xai

: First Nation, who are actively

: working to end grizzly bear

: hunting. Cyrus then toured the

: coast with several wolf biologists
: working in opposition of the wolf :
: cull. :

“When I first spoke out, I

: knew in my heart that the wolf

: cull was wrong,” Cyrus said ina

: video released by Pacific Wild

: following her tour. “But after this
: visit, I know science is on my

: side, not just on the wolf cull, but :
: also on the trophy hunt issue. :
: Both are unsustainable and both

are reportedly preyed upon by the are horrific. Both have to end.

Earlier in September, as a

: response to the activism being :
: done by Cyrus, Clark commented :
: to the Canadian Press, “If we :
: need help on our twerking policy :
: in the future, perhaps we can go
: and seek her advice.” Cyrus’ visit
: to BC came after these remarks

: were made toward her.

“T hate [the plan]. I

: wish this didn’t exist,” said
: Spencer Chandra Herbert, an
: environmental critic with the

: BC NDP, to the Vancouver Sun.

: “Some government science says
: maybe it will work, but maybe

: it’s a50-50 chance. That’s pretty
: crappy odds for a population of
: caribou.”

According to the Vancouver

: Sun, 84 wolves were killed by
: sharpshooters in helicopters
: last winter, less than half of the

 

: planned 200 wolf target due toa
> warm winter with bad weather.

This winter, the BC

: government plans to increase its
: wolf target to compensate for not
: achieving their goals from last

: year.

A similar plan was

: implemented in Alberta and
: took place over 10 years. The

ImageWW via youtube

: wolf culling in Alberta ended

: the lives of over 1,000 wolves, yet
: ultimately saved the endangered
: caribou in the area.

Critics of the plan argue that

: there are other options that the

: government can explore, such as
: taking time to foster and build

: the caribou’s habitat.

 

Volkswagen emits controversy

» Manufacturer under scrutiny after falsifying test results

Mercedes Deutscher
Staff Reporter

 

utomotive manufacturer

Volkswagen is facing major
repercussions after evidence
was released that revealed the

manufacturer had falsified results :
: than 30 per cent of its stock since
the controversy, and continues

: to drop. The US Environmental

: Protection Agency (EPA) may

: fine the manufacturer up to

: $18 billion, and is working

: with Environment Canada to

: take similar actions north of

: the border. Meanwhile, as the

: number of federal lawsuits

: towards Volkswagen grows into

: the hundreds, the company has

: already put aside $7.3 billion to

: handle legal costs and reparation.
: Lawsuits have also began to arise
: in other countries, including
Canada.

on their emissions tests.
Between 2009 and 2015,
Volkswagen implanted devices
that would purposely restrict
the amount of emission that the
vehicles would produce during
emissions testing. However, these
devices would deactivate when
the vehicle was under normal
use, and thus having the vehicles
produce more emissions than
what would be shown on paper.
The fraud was discovered
by a group of researchers at
West Virginia University who
were writing a journal article on
clean diesel vehicles. Part of the
research involved driving these
vehicles in order to collect data.
The researchers then found that
the Volkswagen vehicles they

: tested produced 35 times the
: amount of the emission levels
: than expected.

Since the discrepancies have

: been made public, Volkswagen
: has been scrambling to find an

: alternative to being forced to

: recall up to 1 million of their

: vehicles, such as Golf, Jetta, and
: Beetle models released since

: 2009.

Volkswagen has lost more

Martin Wintercorn, CEO

: of Volkswagen, resigned after
: news of the scandal broke.
: Inastatement released by

: Volkswagen, Wintercorn said,

: “... accept responsibility for the

: irregularities that have been

: found in diesel engines... 1am
doing this in the interests of the
: company even though I am not

: aware of any wrong doing on my
: part.”

Speculations made by The

: Wall Street Journal suggest that

 

: Wintercorn may receive up to

: $66.9 million in severance pay.
: Wintercorn will be replaced by
: Matthias Miiller.

Volkswagen Canada

: announced on September 21

: that they would be pulling

: Volkswagen vehicles off of the
: market.

: “We have issued, as of today, a

Photo by Mr.choppers via wikimedia

stop-sale order to our dealers

: in Canada for all the affected

: vehicles. That’s pending

: resolution of this matter,”

: Thomas Tetzlaff, a spokesperson

: for Volkswagen Canada, told the

: Toronto Star. “We're working with
: our colleagues in the U.S. and

: Germany to develop a solution for
: this.”