When major infrastructure projects are built in rural areas, wildlife is often dislocated and moved out of the way. This is called mitigation translocation, and it is a globally recognized method for moving animals. However, not everyone applies it the same way, or even at all.
In Canada, provinces like Ontario and Alberta only use relocation for federally listed at-risk species. In British Columbia, all 32 native amphibians and reptiles — federally listed as at-risk or not — must be relocated. But it wasn’t always this way.
