Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Caribou in the News July 2011

No home on the range for caribou
Vancouver Sun
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun July 14, 2011 An expert panel of scientists warns that woodland caribou have vanished from half their historic range and that the species is increasingly at risk from logging and resource extraction. ...
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Experts urge protected areas to save Canada caribou (AFP) | Yahoo ...
AFP - Canada needs to create large protected areas of woodlands to help save caribou from the threat of extinction, scientists and environmentalists said ...
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William & Kate Arrive In LA Today! So Long Canada & Caribou Meat…Hello Celebs ...
Hollywood Life
Prince William and Kate will leave Calgary this afternoon, marking the end of their nine-day Canadian tour, and arrive in Los Angeles at 3:30 pm to kick off a whirlwind three-day visit to California. Once the arrivals arrive, they'll be met by at the ...
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Wildlife fears over British billionaire's plans for Arctic mega-mine
Sydney Morning Herald
WWF say polar bears, as well as arctic foxes, caribou, narwhals and whales will be put in danger as a result of the planned mine. Photo: Reuters BRITAIN'S richest man is planning a giant new open-cut mine 480 kilometres inside the Arctic Circle in a ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Oilsands development will wipe out woodland caribou in a few years, expert says
Vancouver Sun
By Codi Wilson, Postmedia News June 30, 2011 EDMONTON - The province's new plan to preserve the woodland caribou falls short of saving the threatened species from extinction, environmental experts say. Over the last decade, woodland caribou populations ...
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Oilsands will kill off caribou herds: expert
Edmonton Journal
By Codi Wilson, Edmonton Journal July 2, 2011 An environmental group warns caribou populations could be gone from the province in the next 40 years unless they are protected. The province's new plan to preserve the woodland caribou falls short of ...
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Greatest Threat to Caribou Herd in Canada Isn't From Wolves
New York Times
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Humans are a much bigger problem than wolves for a caribou herd in the oil sands area of Alberta, Canada, scientists reported last week in Frontiers in Ecology. BEHAVIORAL CLUES Hormone levels in caribou scat point to another ...
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Futurity.org – Humans stressing out skittish caribou
By Vince Stricherz-UW
The caribou population has been declining in the region for several decades causing speculation that the entire population could be gone in 70 years. Further, in the area of the petroleum-rich Athabasca Oil Sands in the northern part of ...
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