Remaining caribou in Washington, Idaho being moved to Canada
The six mountain caribou remaining in the lower 48 states will be relocated farther north into Canada, a move that ends decades of efforts to reintroduce the large animals into Idaho and Washington state.
The Spokesman Review says biologists hope to breed the few survivors of the South Selkirk herd in captivity north of Revelstoke, British Columbia.
"This is what extinction looks like, and it must be a wake-up call for wildlife and habitat managers in both Canada and the United States," said Joe Scott, international programs director for Conservation Northwest.
The news "marks the tragic end of an era," he said.
Mountain caribou were listed as an endangered species in the U.S. in 1983.
The Kalispel Tribe in Washington state has been involved in a breeding project to try and expand the herd, but the project failed.
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