Caribou News...shocking! June 09

'Caribou herds dwindling worldwide: Alberta study
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Populations of caribou and reindeer, which northern peoples have long relied on, have fallen drastically worldwide over the past three decades, ...
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U' researchers discover caribou hunting structures in Lake Huron
Michigan Daily - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
The researchers found caribou hunting structures and camps preserved 100 feet deep in a location 100 miles wide in Lake Huron. John O'Shea, curator of Great ...
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Drop In Reindeer, Caribou Population Linked To Climate Change ...
AHN - USA
Edmonton, Alberta (AHN) - The number of herds of caribou and reindeer in the northern hemisphere is declining due to climate change and disturbance of their ...
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Animal migrations disappearing from face of the earth, study concludes
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Bison and caribou have also all been badly affected. Migrations evolved to take animals from areas where food was scarce to those where it was abundant, ...
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Paths Less Travelled: Caribou, Reindeer Numbers Show Dramatic Decline
By Larry Powell
Caribou, Reindeer Numbers Show Dramatic Decline. ScienceDaily (June 12, 2009) — Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60% in the last three decades. Click on headline for full story. ...
Paths Less Travelled - http://earthkeeperfarm.blogspot.com/

Caribou and reindeer population plunges 60 percent in three decades The first ever comprehensive survey of caribou worldwide (known as reindeer in Europe) has found that the species has suffered a staggering decline.

Caribou, reindeer numbers down worldwide - UPI.com Caribou and reindeer populations worldwide have dropped nearly 60 percent in the last 30 years, researchers at the University of Alberta said Friday.

Reindeer & Caribou Populations Plunge Yahoo News Reindeer and caribou numbers worldwide have plunged nearly 60 percent in the last three decades due to climate change and habitat disturbance caused by ...

WCS: Caribou Caribou occur across most of northern Canada and Alaska in boreal and arctic landscapes. Caribou have declined in their distribution and abundance due to ...

Reindeer & Caribou Populations Plunge | LiveScience Reindeer and caribou numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60 percent in the last three decades.

First ever worldwide census analysis of cariboureindeer numbers ... Caribou and reindeer numbers worldwide have plunged almost 60 percent in the last three decades. The dramatic revelation came out of the first ever ...

caribou - Wiktionary From Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“'snow-shoveller'”), from qalipi (“'to shovel ... Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caribou" ...

Ancient Underwater Camps, Caribou Traps in Great Lake? In one of North America's Great Lakes, robot-assisted archaeologists may have discovered prehistoric American camps and long "drive lanes" built to guide ...

Caribou news notes June 09

Drilling foes gather in Arctic Village
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
The group said threats to the caribou calving grounds was a threat to the heart of their people, who rely on caribou for subsistence hunting.
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Around Nunavut
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
Williams noted that caribou meat is flown daily into Iqaluit from the Kivalliq because caribou are now hard to find in south Baffin. ...
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Wildsight's 10 Ways to Celebrate Our Environment
Wildsight - Kimberley,BC,Canada
2) All in favour of Mountain Caribou? Raise your right foot. Slow down for the mountain caribou when you are driving on Highway 3. ...
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Michael's Meanderings: The Porcupine River
By Meandering Michael
The Porcupine isn't just any river; it constitutes a large part of the migration route for the Porcupine Caribou herd (hence the name of the herd). The herd winters in the NWT and makes its way to the North Slope of Alaska every spring ...
Michael's Meanderings - http://michaelpealow.blogspot.com/

Efforts to protect caribou worthwhile
Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada
The conservation of the noble caribou should not be questioned, for it may be the only common denominator between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. ...
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Three Students Named Vanier Scholars | University of Guelph
"My goals are to provide decision-makers with predictive tools for caribou conservation while promoting a mechanistic cognitive approach to the study of animal movement," said Avgar. "The Vanier award will go a long way in providing me ...
University of Guelph News - http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/

Earth belongs to the animals too
Times and Transcript - Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada
While watching a herd of caribou running freely I knew that, according to the unwritten, unofficial rules of film making, something was going to go wrong. ...
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Conservationists say Canada's Species at Risk Act isn't working Metro Canada - Vancouver - Vancouver,Canada She says other species like the polar bear, northern spotted owl and boreal woodland caribou continue to disappear with little help from the federal ... See all stories on this topic

Canada's caribou face growing risk | Environment | Reuters
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's 36000-strong population of woodland caribou will shrink over the next century and those animals that live in areas heavy in ...

Rangifer Anatomy Project on FACEBOOK‏

Hi All,
I would like to invite you to join the Facebook group for the Rangifer
Anatomy Project which will include information, updates, and photos on
our research on caribou and reindeer and from the communities that we
are collaborating with. The project aims to develop an anatomical atlas
for caribou and reindeer and engage communities in the process and
include traditional knowledge of caribou anatomy and historical and
contemporary uses of caribou and reindeer.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72786721343

Please pass on to anyone that might be interested, including teachers
and students. I understand that some schools have blocked Facebook so if
anyone has suggestions for a similar but accessible way to share
information please let me know!


Best,
Ryan.
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Ryan K. Brook, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Calgary
3330 Hospital Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1
Telephone: 403-210-7862
Fax: 403-210-7882

Home Office: 155 Tuscany Meadows Heath NW, Calgary, AB T3L 2V6
Ph: 403-202-8540

email: rkbrook@ucalgary.ca
"Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers."
Grossman's Law
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Caribou and Muskox buddies

Unusual pairing of a young caribou and muskox...
Follow this link to see report and photos from Northern Quebec of a young caribou and a yearling muskox hanging out together. Local Inuit have never observed this behaviour before...