Thursday, September 21, 2006

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. ...