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A person called Jasper Dispatch to report their friend had shot a black bear with a 20-gauge shotgun on the Overlander Trail, about seven kilometres east of the trailhead.

Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.ca An independent expert panel is supporting the use of captive breeding to rebuild woodland caribou populations in Jasper National Park. Although no final decisions have been made, Parks Canada hopes to start releasing animals to the wild in about five years. “We’re at a point now where we’ve just received positive feedback from the expert panel that we put together to assess this from a scientific perspective,” said Dave Argument, conservation manager f...

Author of the article: Canadian Press Publishing date: May 10, 2021  •  5 days ago  •  3 minute read  •  A woodland caribou picture taken in Jasper National Park. A last-ditch attempt to save some of Canada’s vanishing caribou herds is a step closer after a scientific review panel’s approval of a plan to permanently pen some animals in Jasper and breed them to repopulate other herds. Photo by Alberta Wilderness Association Article content A last-ditch attempt to save som...

JASPER, Alta. — A last-ditch attempt to save some of Canada’s vanishing caribou herds is a step closer after a scientific review panel’s approval of a plan to…

Parks Canada captive caribou breeding proposal gets OK from scientific review panel A caribou grazes on Baffin Island in a 2008 file photo. A last-ditch attempt to save some of Canadas vanishing caribou herds is a step closer after a scientific review panels approval of a plan to permanently pen some animals and breed them to repopulate other herds. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kike Calvo via AP Images May 09, 2021 - 7:00 AM JASPER, Alta. - A last-ditch attempt to save ...

Parks Canada caribou captive breeding proposal gets OK from review panel The proposed $25-million project would permanently pen up to 40 females and five males. The agency suggests the captive breeding could produce up to 20 calves a year — enough to bring Jaspers herds to sustainable levels in a decade. Social Sharing