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not quite IR and not quite moose, but still . . .

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:19 am
by torpified
To protect its remaining members from banquetting wolves caribou herd is airlifted from one Lake Superior island to another:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/clim ... .html?_r=0

Re: not quite IR and not quite moose, but still . . .

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:01 am
by Midwest Ed
It's interesting the article makes no mention regarding the expected fate of the wolves, now remaining on Michipicoten Island, now that their primary food source has been removed.

Re: not quite IR and not quite moose, but still . . .

Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:29 am
by Ingo
It's been suggested that those wolves be moved to Isle Royale, but it appears that wasn't going to happen soon enough for the Caribou.

Re: not quite IR and not quite moose, but still . . .

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 11:31 am
by hooky
I've read that the caribou taken to Slate are actually from the ancestors of the caribou taken to Michipicoten from Slate to save them when wolves showed up there.