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Urban development on the range
Habitat loss is the biggest challenge faced by Canadian wildlife. And it comes in many forms. Urban sprawl encroaches into areas where plants and animals make their homes, and in many cases limits access to food. For example, in B.C. and Alberta, land development is closing in on traditional grizzly bear turf. This isn’t safe for the bears who need homes, or humans who face an increased likelihood in discovering hungry bears sniffing around their garbage. Another problem faced by some of Canada’s most iconic species is global climate change. Researchers are already seeing the impacts of melting ice on polar bears. Polar bears are losing weight because sea-ice breaks up earlier in the spring than it previously did, reducing the amount of time they can spend hunting on the frozen sea-ice each year. Share this newsletter
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Imagine if you came home on afternoon and discovered your neighborhood had been razed to make room for a shopping mall with acres of parking lots. That’s exactly what’s happening to Canada’s animals each day. 
