Endangered mountain caribou. (D. Craig/Alberta Wilderness Association)
An extensive study of caribou herds across British Columbia and Alberta suggests a way to reverse a long and steady decline of the endangered species — kill more wolves and moose and pen pregnant cows.
“It’s go hard or go home,” said Rob Serrouya, a University of Alberta biologist and lead author of the study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“Unfortunately, it’s that black or white.”
Another study released within days of Serrouya’s suggests another way. And wildlife advocates worry Serrouya’s findings could be misused, illustrating the complexity of what he calls the “toughest conservation challenge in North America.”
Improvement with managed herds
Serrouya and his colleagues looked at 18 caribou herds ranging over more than 90,000 square kilometres. At the study’s start in 2004, 16 herds were declining.
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Exposing the Big Game 
I wish they’d stop with killing wolves. In the US, there was going to be land put aside for the caribou, but people bitched and complained – they should declare hunting season on snowmobiles instead.
This isn’t the article I have, I’ll see if I can find that one, but read it and weep :'(:
https://www.inlander.com/spokane/the-last-of-the-herd/Content?oid=2137991
When you read this, you can’t help but be overwhelmed by the selfishness. These things can go up to 80 mph – and the extirpation of caribou means nothing to these people except business and watching the pretty scenery on these things.
Who did this study? Some hunters at a bar over a few beers?!
Most likely; and some of them probably worked for their ‘game’ department.