Vanishing caribou in U.S. a warning for Canada
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Stagleap Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada |
Biologists flew over southern British Columbia last week to count the number of caribou in the last remaining herd that migrates from B.C. to the U.S. — and what they saw stunned them.
In British Columbia, all mountain and boreal caribou herds are listed as threatened. The South Selkirk herd is down to a mere three female animals.
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