Morgan Lowrie

The Canadian PressStaff

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ContactPublished Saturday, November 13, 2021 7:19AM EST

A caribou grazes on Baffin Island in a 2008 file photo. The Quebec government’s caribou management plan to potentially shoot wolves that get too close to an endangered woodland caribou herd is drawing criticism from environmentalists. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kike Calvo via AP Images

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MONTREAL — The Quebec government’s decision to fence in another endangered caribou herd and to kill any wolves that approach the animals is worrying environmentalists, who say the province is again delaying a long-promised plan to re-establish the species.

After putting a fence around the habitat of the seven animals that remain in a herd in Val d’Or, Que., the government says herds in the Charlevoix and Gaspe regions will be next to live behind enclosures.

The Wildlife Department confirmed that construction is underway to fence in…