Par Christopher Curtis, The Gazette

Troupeau de la rivière George:

1983: 80,000

2010: 74,000

2013: 18 000?


Photograph by: JoËlle Taillon , Caribou Ungava

“When we started noticing the crash, I kept warning my bosses at the ministry but it often fell on deaf ears,” Couturier said. “They would keep saying, ‘Let’s wait for the next population study,’ but those would only come once every decade or so. Meanwhile the situation quickly began reaching crisis levels.”