It was fun while it lasted, caribou.

Posted on January 26, 2007 | 6 Comments

Scientific predictions of the NWT Barren-Ground Caribou Summit, summarized in one slide.

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6 Responses to It was fun while it lasted, caribou.

sattvicwarrior | January 26, 2007 at 11:45 pm | Reply

uhhhhhhhhhhh. dude. canyou ELOBORATE??
there HAD to be a meaning to this. dont be so ” flip” bout it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we in the banana belt want to KNOW!!!!!
Philippe Morin | January 27, 2007 at 4:16 am | Reply

There are nine herds of wild caribou which roam the NWT; since the late 1980s, their numbers have been declining.

Some herds, like the Cape Bathurst herd near the Beaufort Sea, have declined my about 90 per cent. (ie: 17,000 animals to less than 2000.)

This is being caused partly by climate change, hunting, perhaps increasing development. No one really knows 100%. So the NWT had a territory-wide summit of scientists and hunters, to try and find solutions.

The slide is my own cynical opinion.

If humans and caribou can’t coexist here in the arctic — where human populations are lower per square kilometre than pretty much anywhere else — it could be “the end” of basically all animals, eventually.

Sometimes, it seems the complete destruction of the animal kingdom seems inevitable. That’s the “joke.”
Jenny | January 27, 2007 at 4:47 pm | Reply

That’s really horrible and sad. Especially because Santa needs them to deliver toys….
Philippe Morin | January 27, 2007 at 5:14 pm | Reply

Sorry — I should say, that’s about three main herds in the NWT, and nine across the north.
Anonymous | January 30, 2007 at 7:14 pm | Reply

this guy says otherwise:

http://www.nwtcaribounumbers.com
As if you didn't know | February 11, 2007 at 12:02 am | Reply

Save a caribou, ride an eskimo?
OK, so we don’t ride the caribou, at least not yet. I see a day when the caribou will pull us like horses.