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Peregrine Falcon: One man’s conservation practices keep the fastest bird in the world thriving in Alberta, Canada.

Peregrine Falcon breeding is Phillip Trefry’s career (pictured above) Breeding dozens of chicks and caging some younger guys not ready to release to the wild quite yet. He runs his business at his ranch in rural Alberta. He is, more importantly, a lifelong supporter of conservation practices towards the proliferation of Peregrine Falcons numbers in…

Care for the Woodland Caribou

Canada is one of the northern countries where Caribous exist, these animals are considered to be a member of the deer family sharing similarities in appearance to a deer. There are four subspecies of caribou found in Canada “Woodland, Barren-ground, Peary, and Grant’s – each with distinct behavior, form, and distribution”(hww.ca, n.d). Woodland Caribous are…

Why not visit the animals?

Hi there, my fellow wildlife preservers! Welcome to another post related to the protection of endangered wildlife in Canada. I will be keeping this post short and sweet, but I just wanted to further highlight the importance of protecting your local species and the immense value perspective can offer. At the very end of 2019…

What you need to know about Sea Otters in Canada

Sea Otters are a fantastic animal that is truly incredible to witness in a natural setting. They used to populate the BC coast, but they were hunted to extinction in the early 1900s because of their soft fur during the fur trade, according to Pacific Wild (2017). Which featured a blog post on their upcoming…

Celebrities and their use of social networks in animal protection

Obviously, EPAC is not primarily concerned with elephant conservation. Not that we’re not interested, far from it. But rather that our focus is on Canadian endangered species. And until there is evidence to the contrary, elephants do not roam freely on the streets of Toronto or Vancouver. The reason we decided to feature Ian Somerhalder…

Coronavirus (COVID—19) impacts on Endangered Animals

With the virus, COVID—19 on a rise and the world is panicking wondering in what way will it impact our lives. We cannot forget about the animals within our wildlife, with this blog post we will be diving into what are the impacts that COVID—19 have on our wildlife animals.  “If you remove the number of vehicles,…

Canada’s Nature Selfie

The Canada Wildlife Federation Bioblitz Author: Quinn Ong Background Biodiversity — truly the assortment of life — is a pointer that a territory is environmentally steady and sound. It is viewed as a natural wellbeing record — or the canary in the coal mineshaft, as it were. The more species present in a domain, the…

iNaturalist Canada

How you can do your part in preserving the Canadian Wildlife, from your fingertips. Author: Quinn Ong An Introduction There is a wanting in every human to record sightings down. This may be in the form of journaling, or even through storytelling. We want to record everything down—be it when we are bird or squirrel…

The Monarch Butterfly Part 2

A continuation of series to an at-risk but one of North America’s iconic species–The Monarch Butterfly. Author: Quinn Ong Here you’ll find a video detailing more about the Monarch Butterfly. I hope you find it interesting and are more interested in the conservation of wildlife! Enjoy! References [It’s Okay To Be Smart]. (2019, April 10).…

The Monarch Butterfly

An introduction to an at-risk but one of North America’s iconic species–The Monarch Butterfly. Author: Quinn Ong In this post, EPAC will be introducing to you one of to one of North America’s iconic species — The Monarch Butterfly. Sadly, the population of the Monarch Butterfly are in steep delicine. As a brief introduction, the…


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