Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Caribou News: some unusual stories in this backlog

Hey folks, I'm a little backlogged in the caribou news...there are a lot of items, but there are some odd stories in this bunch: missing zoo 'bou? caribou arson victim? Rudolph the red-nosed female? Ghost caribou?   read on...
 

Porcupine caribou herd plan in the works
CBC.ca
The Yukon government imposed temporary caribou hunting restrictions last year, due to concerns about the herd's declining numbers. ...
 

 Caribou jury jilted
Alaska Dispatch
Criminal cases were brought against the Point Hope residents following an investigation into dozens of dead caribou left behind after a July 2008 hunt, ...
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 Charges reduced for defendant in caribou wasting case
Anchorage Daily News
By JAMES HALPIN Documents filed on the brink of the trial in the Point Hope caribou waste case indicate another of the accused will plead guilty to a ...
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 Lift NWT caribou hunting ban, Dene chiefs demand
CBC.ca
1, in an effort to slow what officials say is a decline in the Bathurst caribou herd population. (CBC) Dene leaders are calling on the Northwest Territories ...
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 Dene leaders back caribou hunter in no-hunt zone
CBC.ca
The NWT government banned all hunting in the Bathurst caribou herd's winter range on Jan. 1, as part of its efforts to slow down the herd's decline. ...
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 New rules for mining will impact caribou habitat
Vancouver Sun
By LARRY PYNN, Vancouver SunJanuary 10, 2010 The provincial government has changed the requirements for mining companies operating in threatened caribou ...
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Baffin Island caribou sightings few: Inuit
CBC.ca
Caribou populations tend to fluctuate depending on the presence of vegetation and predators, but Inuit hunters say caribou are also sensitive to loud noise ...
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Caribou numbers a major concern in 2009
Slave River Journal
JAN.10 While governments and organizations had worried about caribou for several years, late 2009 was when concerned talk finally turned into action. ...
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 Teen arrested in Shamattawa fire; second victim a caribou
Winnipeg Free Press
Shamattawa Chief Jeff Napoakesik said RCMP told him one set of remains belonged to a caribou. The second set of remains located in the homes' rubble belong ...
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 Only ghosts of caribou move through our woods
Seacoastonline.com
At the end of the 1800's Cornelia Crosby raised her rifle, took careful aim at a caribou and pulled the trigger. With a mighty boom that echoed in the woods ...
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 Moose or Caribou? Manhattanites Busted For Animal Ignorance After Lower East ...
DNAinfo
Or a caribou? When a large animal bust reportedly fell off the wall of a Lower East Side restaurant and struck a woman on the head, many press reports ...
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Lawsuit Over Loose Moose Abuse at White Slab Palace!
Gothamist
Oh, and the Daily News has already heard from one taxidermy nerd who insists Kumra was not hit by a moose—he insists it's a caribou head, but "Lawsuit Over ...
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Sledders sacrifice for Caribou
www.kamloopsnews.ca
By CAM FORTEMS Government calls it a balance, but high country snowmobile enthusiasts say they've sacrificed to protect mountain caribou. ...
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 Snowmobilers agree code of conduct for caribou : Columbia Valley News
By CVNews
Snowmobile clubs in the Thompson, Kootenay and Cariboo regions of British Columbia have signed stewardship management agreements with the Province that will support the recovery of the mountain caribou population, announced Environment ...
Columbia Valley News - http://columbiavalleynews.com/news/


 Rudolph Was a Woman, and Other Odd Truths About Reindeer
FOXNews
"The caribou is central to the normal function of northern ecosystems," Justina Ray, executive director of Wildlife Conservation Society-Canada, ...
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 From Backyards to Backwoods: Thinking of reindeer, caribou, red noses
Park Rapids Enterprise
Are reindeer and caribou just two different names for the same animal? I found that, basically they are the same. They both live in the far north regions, ...
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 Caribou Disappears from NYS Zoo on Christmas Eve
Newzjunky.com
24, 2009 — It was discovered early Christmas eve that our Caribou has mysteriously disappeared from his pen. John Scott Foster, executive director of the ...
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 ONTARIO: Bou needs your help to protect Boreal woodland caribou
Canada Views
Ontario's Boreal woodland caribou are losing space to live, fast. In fact, the caribou's rate of habitat loss is about 35000 square km per decade. ...
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 Caribou in spotlight at hullabazoo
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Ms. Bernard took zoo-goers on a 30-minute enrichment program where children and parents learned about elk and caribou. Children had the opportunity to feed ...
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 Conservation groups scoff at Alberta's caribou plan
Slave River Journal
DEC.09 With Alberta's woodland caribou herds continuing their decades-long decline in numbers, the Alberta government has created a plan to stabilize the ...
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 Cleaning things up for the holiday season
Glens Falls Post-Star
North American caribou interbreed freely with Asian or northern European reindeer. There are three subspecies of American caribou. ...
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Caribou Bounce Back in Yukon
The story of the Yukon Government's successful intervention with the Chisana caribou herd demonstrates there are alternatives that can give caribou a chance ...