Caribou News: Sept.26, 2006

Hunting banned for Cape Bathurst caribou
CBC North - Canada
The Tuktoyaktuk Hunters and Trappers Committee voted in favour of a two-year hunting ban for the Cape Bathurst caribou herd at a meeting in the community ...

NWT caribou herd drops by 60,000 since 2003
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
The latest count of the largest caribou herd in the Northwest Territories shows it has shrunk to less than a third of the size it was 20 years ago. ...

Protect caribou by killing logging not wolves: group
Fort Frances Times - ON, Canada
OTTAWA — Environmentalists are slamming a proposal to protect British Columbia’s dwindling population of mountain caribou by killing wolves and cougars. ...

 

Caribou in the News -- September 21, 2006

Don't kill wolves and cougars to save caribou, BC urged
Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
OTTAWA - A proposal to kill wolves and cougars to protect British Columbia's dwindling population of mountain caribou is misguided, environmentalists say. ...

BC fails to protect caribou, report charges
Globe and Mail - Canada
... For nearly 30 years, the government of British Columbia has been struggling to save the province's dwindling population of mountain caribou, a rare variant of ...

Nunavik caribou draw thousands of southern hunters
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
... men with American accents flood airline flights from Montreal to Kuujjuaq before fanning out across Nunavik in bush planes for week-long caribou hunting trips. ...

Environmentalists oppose BC proposals to protect caribou by ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA (CP) - Environmentalists are denouncing proposals to protect British Columbia's dwindling population of mountain caribou by killing wolves and cougars. ...

Protect caribou by killing logging, not wolves: environmentalists
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA (CP) - Environmentalists are slamming a proposal to protect British Columbia's dwindling population of mountain caribou by killing wolves and cougars. ...

Caribou in the News -- September 11, 2006

NWT caribou herds continue decline
CBC North - Canada
The number of caribou continues to drop in the Cape Bathurst, Bluenose-East and Bluenose-West herds, the NWT government's summer survey says. ...

Attention Caribou: It's time for your closeup
Reuters - USA
... "The White Planet," a documentary about life in the Arctic, was delayed by a year as filmmakers waited for a herd of nearly half a million caribou to gather ...

Northern aboriginals debate what to do about continuing caribou ...
Canoe.ca - Canada
By BOB WEBER. (CP) - Northern aboriginal groups were discussing what to do after the release Thursday of survey data that showed caribou herds many depend on ...

Caribou in the News -- September 5, 2006

Declining NWT caribou herds mean fewer hunting tags
CBC North - Canada
Despite a solid hunting season, outfitters in the Northwest Territories will see a decline in caribou sport-hunting next year. The ...

Mystery skull belongs to caribou calf
Nunatsiaq News - Iqaluit,Nunavut,Canada
The mysterious skull unearthed in Pangnirtung several months ago is nothing more than the remains of a young caribou, says an esteemed archeologist. ...