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    Caribou numbers plummet

    Hey Joe Alphonse. You are mismanaging the ungulates in your nation/territory with indiscriminate harvesting by members of your nation. Seeing as how you have your own nation now, maybe you should deem the caribou within endangered and take action to prevent the caribou extirpation.
    https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/267...umbers-plummet
    John Lawless - Oct 3, 2019 / 6:56 am | Story: 267267
    Photo: The Canadian Press


    The Tsilhqot’in Nation, located near Williams Lake, is alarmed by crashing mountain caribou populations in the Chilcotin.
    All three caribou herds in the region have been on the decline since 2003.
    The Charlotte Alplands caribou herd is believed to have already disappeared.
    The Rainbow caribou herd was estimated to have 40 remaining in 2016.
    The largest group, the Itcha-Ilgachuz herd, had a population estimate of 2,800 caribou in 2003.
    This summer, the herd is estimated to have 385 caribou; a decline of 86% in 16 years.
    At this rate, the Itcha-Ilgachuz herd will disappear from the Chilcotin within the next seven years.
    “Our caribou are in crisis right now. I was shocked to hear the population numbers for caribou are so low," says Chief Joe Alphonse, tribal chair of the Tsilhqot’in Nation. "It’s serious, and a threat to our people. The Tsilhqot’in have declared a state of local emergency over the salmon crisis, have put restrictions on hunting over the moose crisis, and now the caribou are in crisis."
    Canada’s "Species at Risk Act" lists the Southern Mountain caribou as a threatened species.
    The province of British Columbia lists these same caribou as a special concern.
    Currently, there is no endangered species legislation in BC, and therefore the Chilcotin caribou are not protected, which allows for threats to the caribou to continue.






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    Re: Caribou numbers plummet

    Heli wolf harvest planned for this year to protect that herd. 80% of their remaining habitat got burnt. Does not look good.

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    Re: Caribou numbers plummet

    A wolf cull will help, but how many of his own members are contributing to the decline?

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    Re: Caribou numbers plummet

    Quote Originally Posted by HarryToolips View Post
    A wolf cull will help, but how many of his own members are contributing to the decline?
    All of them.

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    Re: Caribou numbers plummet

    Interesting. A short 9 months ago when the wolf collaring project was being carried out there were an estimated 150 wolves and 600 caribou. Didn't take long to cut that populating by a third. Bears under every dam rock in this country too.

    I can't say that I know many natives that like to eat caribou.

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