Caribou in Decline

Predators, Prey, and a Comprehensive New Strategy in Newfoundland
Author(s): 
Steve Gullage and Shane P. Mahoney

The history of the famed Newfoundland caribou has been punctuated by population highs and lows within a challenging milieu of punishing winters, disease, a diverse assortment of predators, and a human culture heavily dependent on wild resources. The history of the famed Newfoundland caribou has been punctuated by population highs and lows within a challenging milieu of punishing winters, disease, a diverse assortment of predators, and a human culture heavily dependent on wild resources. Currently the Newfoundland woodland caribou is not listed under Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA).