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Originally Posted by thumper;3756244[COLOR="Red"
]Our caribou are a relic ice-age species. They're taking longer to die off than mammoths, mastodons and ground sloths, but they're just as doomed. Even in totally protected areas like our mountain national parks, they've either disappeared (like in Banff National Park), or their numbers continue to drop (like in Jasper NP). We can spend billions and vent our rage about wolf killing or not wolf killing, extending their extirpation from Alberta if we wish, or just accept the inevitable.[/COLOR]
There are many wildlife managers out there that would love to re-direct the resources spent on propping up caribou - into areas where they could really make a difference. Unfortunately, in this PC world, it's career suicide for them to speak up with those views.
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^^^This guy get's it. Quite a few years ago, a wise old biologist from BC said the same thing...in different words.
Caribou have been in decline for a good long time, long before there was industry in these parts. They are a species on their way out. Just the way it is.
Anybody remember the caribou patrol that drove up and down hwy 40 chasing them off the road between Grande Cache and Hinton? 2 vehicles if I remember right. A full time job.
Damn they're dumb