MONTREAL — Instead of ending their days ogled by tourists and schoolchildren in a zoo, an endangered herd of Quebec caribou will remain in the wild. But the zoo management was taken aback by the opposition to the plan, expressed through social media, an online petition and phone calls from environmental activists. RelatedThe Quebec government estimates there are between 6,000 and 8,600 woodland caribou left in various pockets of Quebec boreal forest. Distinct from the migratory caribou of northern Quebec whose herds number in the hundreds of thousands, the boreal woodland caribou have been designated as a threatened species in Quebec since 2005. “We want these animals to remain in the region and for the government to recognize its errors in forest management and endangered species management,” he said.

Source: National Post June 08, 2017 00:56 UTC