Transplanted caribou die.......... Wtf?

[whoDEANie]

Geeze, they must really hate sledders to risk killing 19 endangered animals just to keep sledders out of that area.

 

[moyiesledhead]

Geeze, they must really hate sledders risk killing 19 endangered animals just to keep sledders out of that area.

21 actually. They killed a pregnant cow on the way down from Deese Lake before they ever got to release them.

 

[moyiesledhead]

Two things to say on this......

1. Don't Mess with natural selection and progression.

2. Mother Nature will always win no matter how hard us humans try and intervene and "fix" her. Always.


Somethings are just meant to evolve on their own.

Bad arguement. Humans caused the problem in the first place......though snowmobiles had nothing to do with it. We logged too close to their habitat, allowing other ungulates to get too close, and the predators followed them. Caribou ended up getting eaten......IN THE SUMMER!

 

[tmo1620]

They should transplant one to my deep freeze seeing as they are just killing them anyway, I could really go for some tasty caribou

 

[lilduke]

Caribou are on the way out(very stupid animal),, Haven't seen a Mastodon in a while ether...

 

[shoppingcart111]

Can someone please explain to me what purpose these animals serve anyways?
Other species have gone exinct and...
The world still turns
We still have seasons.
Food still grows.
My toilet still flushes.
And Justin beiber is still famous (unfortunately).

So what are we to gain by saving these things?

 

[Mike270412]

Put a couple in zoos ,stuff the rest and put in museums.

Can someone please explain to me what purpose these animals serve anyways?
Other species have gone exinct and...
The world still turns
We still have seasons.
Food still grows.
My toilet still flushes.
And Justin beiber is still famous (unfortunately).

So what are we to gain by saving these things?

 

[moyiesledhead]

Caribou are on the way out(very stupid animal),, Haven't seen a Mastodon in a while ether...

Ya.....but an ice age killed them!

 

[moyiesledhead]

Can someone please explain to me what purpose these animals serve anyways?
Other species have gone exinct and...
The world still turns
We still have seasons.
Food still grows.
My toilet still flushes.
And Justin beiber is still famous (unfortunately).

So what are we to gain by saving these things?

Sure....but other than Justin Beber and your toilet you could say the same thing about humans. The world would still turn without us too. Probably be better off in reality.

 

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Media release today on the penning project.
Media [h=2]Press Releases[/h]March 26, 2014: RCRW Maternity Penning Project News Release
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Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild (RCRW) team releases two pregnant caribou in the safety of the maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild (RCRW) capture team. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

University of Calgary veterinarian and anaesthesiologist Nigel Caulkett records the heart rate of a pregnant caribou before she is released into the protective maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild (RCRW) team releases two pregnant caribou in the safety of the maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

The RCRW team brought in senior caribou biologist Rick Farnell from the Yukon to help guide the team. Rick has been a caribou biologist for over 30 years and was the director and project manager of the ground-breaking, three-year Chisana caribou maternity pen project in the Yukon. Photo by Rob Buchanan

University of Calgary veterinarian and anaesthesiologist Nigel Caulkett records the heart rate of a pregnant caribou before she is released into the protective maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild (RCRW) team releases two pregnant caribou in the safety of the maternity pen and prepare to do an ultrasound on a third. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild (RCRW) team releases a pregnant caribou in the safety of the maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

Splatsin Band Member and Shepherd Leonard Edwards cares for a caribou before she is released into the maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

University of Calgary veterinarian and theriogenologist (reproduction specialist) Rob McCorkell prepares to use a portable ultrasound machine to confirm the caribou is pregnant. Photo by Rob Buchanan

Splatsin First Nation elder Randy Williams (foreground) blesses the maternity pen and thanks the team for “giving voice to the voiceless” in a ceremony that took place a week before the caribou were introduced into the pen. Emery Robins Sr. of the Okanagan Indian Band is in the background. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

Caribou biologists Bruce McLelland and Rob Serrouya release caribou into the maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

University of Calgary veterinarian and theriogenologist (reproduction specialist) Rob McCorkell prepares to use a portable ultrasound machine to confirm the caribou is pregnant. Photo Rob Buchanan

BC Government’s Senior Wildlife Veterinarian Helen Schwantje processes a blood sample from a pregnant caribou before releasing her into the protective maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.


BC Government’s Senior Wildlife Veterinarian Helen Schwantje processes a blood sample from a pregnant caribou before releasing her into the protective maternity pen. Photo by Rob Buchanan.


Professional Forester Kevin Bollefer helps a pregnant caribou as they toboggan her into the protective maternity pen, where she will stay until early July when her calf will be stronger. The first weeks of life are precarious for young caribou. Up to 90% of caribou calves in the Revelstoke region are killed by predators within the first weeks of their lives. The maternity penning project aims to reverse that decline. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

Even the local ski gets involved, by providing free lift tickets to volunteers to pick arboreal lichen, the natural food that will sustain the pregnant caribou during their stay in the maternity pen. Volunteers Rachel Newby from Australia and Fernand Sylvain from Peace River, AB, harvest lichen from the trees on the side of the ski runs on Revelstoke Mountain Resort with senior caribou biologist John Flaa. Photo by Rob Buchanan.

 

[Mike270412]

I suppose our tax dollars are paying for all that?
There's way more people involved than caribou!!!

 

[RevyG]

I suppose our tax dollars are paying for all that?
There's way more people involved than caribou!!!

Actually most of the money came from Shell Canada Fueling change program they did last year. Not saying that I agree just clearing it up. There are may other groups that helped as well, not saying Gov didn't pay for some but a lot was donated. Funny they used a "evil " sled to transport them. Anyway, lets wait and see, this has worked for Caribou in the Yukon and wood Buffalo as well were helped this way.

 

[crazy_wheeler]

Wouldn't be surprised if one if not both of those cows aborted after the stress they were just put through being moved to the maternity pen and from the anesthesia used.



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[Summitric]

We'll never know cw, as I'm sure they won't release any more failure in their "experiments"....


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[moyiesledhead]

We'll never know cw, as I'm sure they won't release any more failure in their "experiments"....

We "might". I know the Revy club is pretty involved this time. When they transplanted to the South Purcells they wouldn't even talk to us down here.

 

[mountainbigbull]

The caribou numbers are down in the north too. Maybe something else is going on with these caribou. Like maybe wolves are smarter than them and eating them all!


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/caribou-numbers-down-hunters-cry-wolf-1.583214

 

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Revelstoke-area caribou captured and released into maternity pen - Revelstoke Times Review