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It has recently been revealed that a human-wolf ” encounter,” in which a beach walker was forced to take refuge in the ocean when two wolves kept advancing in menacing fashion, has been described by Parks Canada officials as benign-sounding “escorting behaviour” rather than an aborted predatory attack.

This week, I was looking online to see if there had been any further reports of wolf encounters near Tofino since the end of October, when two recent incidents made national news. I discovered that a full week later, a local First Nations newspaper revealed some interesting details not available earlier, see  “Encounters climb as habituated wolves establish core territory near Ucluelet” (7 November 2025). 

Here’s my question: Are Parks Canada officials hiding important details of recent encounters – or sanitizing them with scientific-sounding language – to protect wolves at the expense of keeping park visitors safe?

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