Reduction of moose hunt, closure of Peace Region caribou hunt is response to
Indigenous rights court ruling

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Reduction of moose hunt, closure of Peace Region caribou hunt is response to
Indigenous rights court ruling

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Updated: May 24

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A Woodland Caribou (rangifer tarandus) seen along Alaska Highway at Stone
Mountain Provincial Park, B.C. in this undated photograph. (Jukka
Jantunen/Shutterstock)

B.C. has made sweeping changes to moose and caribou hunts in the Peace
Region, a move that has the support of some local First Nations while
hunting groups are firmly opposed.

On Thursday, <https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022FOR0033-000792> the
province announced it would close all caribou hunts in the northeast region
of the province while making broad changes…