Canadian federal government (Ottawa) to protect at-risk woodland caribou and the animal's habitat in the province of Quebec

Posted on April 25, 2022   |  

• If the province doesn’t agree to rapidly impose measures to stop the decline of the species, the federal government will adopt an order in council that would unilaterally create protected habitat for the caribou in Quebec.
• The woodland caribou is vulnerable to the Quebec government and from 2005 to 2016, the estimated population of the woodland caribou in the province varied between 5,635 and 9,981 animals. 
• The mountain caribou subspecies of the woodland caribou is considered “threatened” by Quebec and its population is estimated at around 40.
• At present, the Quebec committee is analyzing caribou protection and has faced criticism from environmental groups because it does not include any caribou experts