Vancouver's Coastal Sea Wolves (Canis lupus crassodon) (VCSW), a smaller subspecies of the Grey Wolf (Canis lupus), inhabit the coastal areas of Northwestern Vancouver Island and the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia, Canada. These wolves have evolved to survive almost entirely on sea life such as salmon, seals, otters, barnacles, mussels, and whale carcasses. Despite scientists and the government still classifying them as Grey Wolves and not giving them a separate species designation, just the crassodon subspecies moniker, they vary tremendously from their land-loving cousins. Unfortunately, in population numbers, being grouped in with the Grey Wolf does not allow for specific protection for the dwindling VCSW population. Due to deforestation, habitat isolation, and over-hunting, local elk and deer populations have decreased. Per usual, humans have pointed their fingers at wild predators and hunted them to dangerously low numbers, driving them further out to sea and smaller islands without any justification. Re-classifying these animals, along with an effort to educate humans as to the true horrors being brought onto the environment at our own hands, are the main ways to protect these innocent, beautiful creatures, and preserve what little wild there is left to protect the Vancouver Coastal Sea Wolf.