Published on May 24, 2022 Source : David Rémillard, ICI Québec – Radio Canada If all goes according to plan, the caribou herds in captivity in Val-d'Or and Charlevoix will swell their ranks within the next few weeks. In Abitibi-Témiscamingue, a first birth has already taken place and a female is still pregnant, while seven
A new member has been added to the Val-d'Or herd. Source: Boualem Hadjouti, Radio-Canada The Val-d'Or caribou herd now has a new member. Last week, a calf was born in the pen where six animals are located. The new arrival was born from a mating within the same herd. The Minister of Forests, Wildlife and
The environmentalist group Boreal Action, which was put on notice and muzzled by the Ministry of Forests in 2019 for denouncing the blocking of a civil servant, is calling for a major cleanup in this institution, which it deems to be in the pay of the industry. Published on May 28, 2021 Source: Charles Lecavalier,
In Quebec, population health indicators, including recruitment and adult survival, indicate that almost all officially listed caribou populations are in decline. Published on May 15, 2021 Source: Guillaume Roy, Radio-Canada The picture is not very bright," said Sabrina Plante, a biologist with the Ministère de la Forêt, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP), during
Published on March 25, 2021 Source: Boualem Hadjouti, Radio-Canada A year ago, the Val-d'Or woodland caribou herd was placed in an enclosure. The Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks presented this operation as an exceptional measure to try to save the herd, which now consists of six animals, after the death of one of them
Source: Radio Canada Published on July 17, 2020 This leaves six woodland caribou in the enclosure built this spring by the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP). According to the MFFP, a veterinarian has been dispatched to the site to observe the other six animals and none of them seem to
Source: Le Devoir Published on February 18, 2020 As the caribou of Val-d'Or are on the verge of extinction, the Legault government recently announced the continuation of studies that should lead to the tabling of a "strategy" to prevent their disappearance. However, Quebec has in hand two detailed analyses, produced at the request of
Val-d'Or Caribou: "If we need a crisis, we'll do it," says the Chief of Lac-Simon Anichinabe leaders denounce the Quebec government's position on the Val-d'Or caribou herd and say they are ready to mobilize. The subject will be discussed in a meeting between the chiefs next week, according to what Radio-Canada has learned. It's very,
Source: Le Devoir Published on December 17, 2019 Voices are being raised to denounce the Legault government's decision to cancel the protection measures on three natural territories put in place to preserve woodland caribou habitat in order to provide new areas of cutting for the forest industry. University professors and researchers are asking Quebec
Source: Council of the Anishnabe Nation of Lac Simon Published on December 15, 2019 After the zoo, the slaughterhouse... This is what we understood from recent statements by the Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP). It should be recalled that in 2018, the Lac Simon First Nation ("Lac Simon"), in partnership with the
