Founded in April 1997 and established as a nonprofit organization, CLAN is the first and only organization in Quebec dedicated to protecting wolves. In order to remain completely free and independent, we accept no government aid.

Without exception, all our associates are volunteers. CLAN’s existence depends on the continuing efforts of volunteers who believe in the conservation of wolves and other wildlife and make it a priority.

CLAN’s objective is to expose the many aberrations and injustices surrounding the trapping of wolves and eighteen other animal species by trappers in Quebec’s wildlife reserves.

By pointing out the discrepancies and gaps in the current system, our site demonstrates, despite the claims made in official statements, the government’s inertia, inactivity, and negligence to which wolves often fall victim.

How can we guarantee the protection of wolves if many consider them devious competitors that already occupy too much space and if the government sees them merely as a renewable natural resource that can be hunted and trapped on 98% of Quebec’s land? Are there any simple, effective, and inexpensive ways to properly protect wolves? Yes, of course!

Written in a critical light, the goal of this site is to prohibit, as was the case prior to 1984, all trapping in wildlife reserves in order to ensure the future of Quebec’s wolves and other wild animals.

Distributing objective and pertinent information, raising public awareness, expanding protected areas, and ensuring administrative transparency and political willingness are the keys to reaching this goal.

Will Quebec give wolves a fighting chance? It is my hope that CLAN will be of some small help in ensuring that it does.

MISSION

CLAN believes that to guarantee the future of wolves in Quebec, protected areas must be expanded significantly and policies must be adopted to promote wolf survival. The government’s continuing inaction with regard to this issue has forced us to launch an awareness campaign and a petition to denounce the problems in the current system. Our cry of alarm extends beyond Quebec’s borders because the biodiversity of the whole planet is also at stake.

ACTIONS

Wolves leave no one indifferent and never fail to ignite human passions. Once marginally protected, now overhunted—such is the sad reality of wolves today. Here, as elsewhere, wolves pay a high price for living near humans. As the government resolutely encourages the hunting and trapping of wolves, more and more people are defending their cause. Wolves thus inspire many contradictory actions. While some still see them for their skin, others fight for their survival and protection.

Please support our efforts to protect and conserve wolves in Quebec.  

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