UBCO study shows deer moving north as winters warm, displacing caribou - BC News
White-tail deer are expanding north as the climate changes, putting pressure on existing predator-prey dynamics in North America’s western boreal forests.
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White-tail deer are expanding north as the climate changes, putting pressure on existing predator-prey dynamics in North America’s western boreal forests.
White-tailed deer, icons of more southerly landscapes, are migrating northward into caribou country due to warming climate.
As the climate changes, animals are doing what they can to adapt.
"The B.C. government spends millions on extreme measures — like wolf culls and maternity pens — to support these mountain-loving herds found nowhere else in the world. Yet such efforts fail to offset the habitat destruction at the root of their disappearance".
B.C. is spending millions on extreme measures to save deep-snow caribou — like maternity pens and wolf culls — that are insufficient to keep herds afloat