New caribou crisis – then and now

The reported decline of the Bathurst herd has caused considerable concern and has raised rumours of a “crisis” in which there is a possibility of extinction. This paper reflects on relevant lessons learned from the officially declared “crisis” of population decline in 1955/56 and a second crisis of...

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Published in:Rangifer
Main Author: Robert A. Ruttan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2012
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7557/2.32.2.2257
https://doaj.org/article/55996ebbfe03492a8ea844de0eb8f9c7
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Summary:The reported decline of the Bathurst herd has caused considerable concern and has raised rumours of a “crisis” in which there is a possibility of extinction. This paper reflects on relevant lessons learned from the officially declared “crisis” of population decline in 1955/56 and a second crisis of overpopulation identified by the author a decade later.