A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR CARIBOU
Woodland caribou, one of North America’s most iconic species, are spiralling towards extinction. The challenges they face are growing and many populations are dwindling towards extirpation. Habitat protection and restoration measures, while key to the recovery of caribou, are not effective enough in the short term to reverse population declines and preserve the most vulnerable populations.
Conservation breeding can support caribou recovery by conserving individuals from non-viable herds and reinforcing viable herds. It also opens the possibility of future reintroduction to historic range, assuming the factors that have led to the extirpation of the herd are corrected.
Loggerhead Shrike
Bringing the butcher bird back to the grasslands of Eastern Canada
Yuka’s Way Home
Follow Yuka the caribou on his unexpected adventure to the Arctic!
Caribou Cam Project
Want to glimpse in the lives of the rare mountain caribou?
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THREATS TO CARIBOU
Mountain caribou depend on vast uninterrupted old-growth forests for food, shelter and seasonal migration. Human-induced habitat alteration and climate change is challenging their survival. Learn more about the threats caribou are facing.
CONSERVATION BREEDING
Many species, including scimitar-horned oryx, Arabian oryx, addax, milu and Przewalski’s horses, were brought back from the brink of extinction through conservation breeding. Learn how breeding endangered animals under controlled conditions can preserve species.
Projects
SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN CARIBOU IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Southern mountain caribou are classified as Endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Learn more about the conservation breeding program the British Columbia government is considering to support their recovery.
SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN CARIBOU IN JASPER NATIONAL PARK
The population of caribou found in Jasper National Park in Alberta has drastically declined since the 1970s. Learn more about the conservation breeding program Parks Canada is developing to support their recovery.
