Caribou numbers on the rise in western Canada, according to study - French Canada

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Caribou numbers on the rise in western Canada, according to study - French Canada

A new study suggests that caribou numbers in western Canada, once in decline, are finally on the rise. However, the same document concludes that the main reason for this rebound is the culling of hundreds of wolves, a policy that will likely have to continue for decades. “If we don't shoot wolves, given the state of the habitat allowed by industry and government, we will lose caribou,” said Clayton Lamb, one of 34 co-authors of a study recently …