The tragic story of a locally beloved cougar being killed near Canmore, Alberta, earlier this year was heartbreaking. John Marriott, an award-winning wildlife photographer and co-founder of Exposed Wildlife Conservancy shared his harrowing experience with Defender Radio – along with his discovery of two cougar kits, orphaned by the incident.
Several months later, the cougar kits were transferred to Parc Safari in Quebec, and the outcry for policy change in Alberta rages on. To share more about these updates and introduce the new Executive Director of Exposed Wildlife Conservancy, John Marriott and Maggie Spizziri join Defender Radio.
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Cougar kit photo by John E. Marriott / WildernessPrints.com
Exposed Wildlife Conservancy website: https://www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org/
EWC on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSN6XzS07gO8xNxLWFGJY5Q
EWC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exposdwc/
EWC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exposdwc/
Canmore Cougar Tragedy (original episode): https://thefurbearers.com/blog/defender-radio/the-canmore-cougar-tragedy-featuring-john-e-marriott/
Conservationst article mentioned: https://www.nsnews.com/environment/study-reveals-anglers-conservationists-share-surprising-common-ground-in-orca-chinook-fight-11084359
Want to suggest topics for Defender Radio? Reach out to us at info@TheFurBearers.com, by visiting DefenderRadio.com or engaging host Michael Howie on social media via Instagram (www.instagram.com/howiemichael) or Facebook (www.Facebook.com/DefenderRadio).
Defender Radio is produced by The Fur-Bearers (www.TheFurBearers.com), a charitable non-partisan organization whose mandate is to advocate on behalf of fur-bearing animals in the wild and in confinement, promote coexistence solutions in communities and protect the habitats of fur-bearing animals across Canada. You can follow The Fur-Bearers on Instagram (www.instagram.com/furbearers), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thefurbearers.bsky.social) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FurFree).
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