By CJ Lotz

A recent survey conducted by wildlife biologists with Nunavut's Department of Environment is showing caribou numbers on Canada's Baffin Island have crashed by more than 95 percent since the 1990s, with as few as 1,000 to 2,000 animals left out of herds that numbered 60,000 and 180,000 caribou less than 20 years ago.

The department's report on the survey does not list reasons for the decline nor a way to address the problem.

"We will take lessons learned from other areas, along with science and Inuit knowledge about managing wildlife in times of scarcity, to find a positive way forward to conserve these caribou," The Environment minister said.

See the full report at CBC.

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from action1250 wrote 3 weeks 2 days ago

If no reason given and no way to address the "no reason given", then why did they do the survey?
Something is rotten in Denmark AND with the Canadian biologists!

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from wisc14 wrote 3 weeks 1 day ago

wow doesn't not seem as it they are too worried about it

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from action1250 wrote 3 weeks 2 days ago

If no reason given and no way to address the "no reason given", then why did they do the survey?
Something is rotten in Denmark AND with the Canadian biologists!

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from wisc14 wrote 3 weeks 1 day ago

wow doesn't not seem as it they are too worried about it

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