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There are now about
14,200 animals left in
the herd, down from
700,000 to 800,000 in
the 1980s — a decline
of 98 per cent over two
decades in what was
once the largest caribou
herd in the world.
Aboriginal
groups fear
for George
River caribou herd
Nunavik Inuit call for an end to Quebec sport
hunt; Labrador
Inuit want better management
Caribou swim across the George River. The river
flows north
flows north
to Ungava Bay from Lake Jannière, running just west\
of the
of the
Quebec/Labrador border.
The George River caribou
herd, which migrates
between northern Quebec
and Labrador, has dropped
by 80 per cent in the past
four years, and there is
still no cross-border
management plan.
between northern Quebec
and Labrador, has dropped
by 80 per cent in the past
four years, and there is
still no cross-border
management plan.
There are now about
14,200 animals left in
the herd, down from
700,000 to 800,000 in
the 1980s — a decline
of 98 per cent over two
decades in what was
once the largest caribou
herd in the world.
a time when caribou were
plentiful in theKuujjuaq,
Que. area.
plentiful in theKuujjuaq,
Que. area.
“The land had veins
everywhere, of trails
of caribou,” says the
president of Kuujjuaq’s
Hunters and Trappers
Organization. “Now those
trails are no longer there.”
everywhere, of trails
of caribou,” says the
president of Kuujjuaq’s
Hunters and Trappers
Organization. “Now those
trails are no longer there.”
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