5 transplanted B.C. caribou die
About 25 percent of the mountain caribou transplanted from northern B.C. to the south have died. In early March, government biologists moved 19 mountain caribou from Dease Lake to the Kimberley area in the hopes of bolstering the dwindling south Purcell caribou herd.
But four of the 19 transplanted caribou have been killed by cougars and one plunged into a creek. read more
But four of the 19 transplanted caribou have been killed by cougars and one plunged into a creek. read more