Posted on 31/07/07
Businesses back caribou conservation in British Columbia
VANCOUVER -- Nearly 700 U.S. and Canadian companies have signed a letter to Premier Gordon Campbell urging the government to save British Columbia's dwindling population of mountain caribou.British Columbia, which has the world's last remaining mountain caribou, with about 1,900 animals in 18 separate herds, is formulating a plan to save the endangered species by setting aside old-growth forest habitat and culling predators. The final plan is expected to be released by September and the letter is part of a continuing effort by environmentalists to lobby the government.
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