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@ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, Jenuery 15, 1965 CANADA OUTDOORS Cape Breton Hoping _ Bring Back Caribou By ED HALIFAX yeast a wood-| land caribou, largest of the reindeer species, may soon again roam northern Cape Bre- ton where his forbears once were slaughtered by the thou- sands to feed settlers, anmies, Navies and to stock many a larder in England and France. Federal and provincial biolo- gists are keenly interested in a plan to reintroduce the caribou to Cape Breton Highlands Na- tional Park, If all goes well, an initial herd of 20 caribou will have a new home in the northern high- lands within two years. John Kelsall, 40, chief super- vising wildlife biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service at Sackville, N.B., says 300 square miles of the park appear to of- fer excellent range for the an- imals. "If anything, it has im- proved over the time when the native caribou browsed over it." Mr. Kelsall says it now is mostly a matter of finding the right type of animal. "Whether they'll be intro- duced from Newfoundland or]; Gaspe or from some other place has to be decided. We also have to look at the behavior factor and find a herd living under similar conditions and in an area roughly comparable to the proposed new home." INCLINED TO WANDER After the initial herd is planted it may be necessary to make additions from year to year since the caribou is a mi- gratory animal and some may wander out of the park. Dr. Donald G. Dodds of Kent- ville, N.S., chief conservation officer for Nova Scotia, says that if the Cape Breton project is successful there is no reason why the caribou couldn't then be introduced to other areas of the province. The time might even come when it could be de- clared a "'limited game ani- 19th centuries undoubtedly had much, to do with obliterating Nova Scotia's original caribou. But there is also an opinion that erection. of a highway and railway network restricted the movement' of the herds. With the herds split, productivity ropped. Mr. Kelsall, a native of An- napolis Royal, N.S., and a gra- duate in biology from Acadia University and the University of Toronto, says those who con- tend the dwindling forage has been responsible for the de- crease in Nova Scotia's deer herd need have no fear of the caribou. The caribou, he says,. don't compete for the same type of food that supports the white-|f, tail and the moose. The wood-[ang land caribou's diet is consider- ably woodier. The smaller bar- rens caribou has a taste for grassy forage. The woodland, with smaller antlers, is also adapted to deeper snow condi-|\; tions than its northern cousin. LADIES AFTERNOON LEAGUE Over 600 -- Elsie Smith 674 (224, 255), Mary King 670 (229, 251), rsd Menei4 623 (264, 226), Marg. Vaughan 664 (206, 312, 246), Marilyn Beckell 604. (251), Marg Fudger 610 te ake Madeline Morrison 1614 (241, 213). Stata 656 (220, 281), Bea Makenzie 622 (238, 258), Over 200 -- Nan Bennet 208, Dorothy Clark 220, Lois Burden 210, Ella Long 224, 226, Jean Schoenav 213, Pru. Whit-| tick 254, Ev. Redpath 201, 224, Ethel Hoar) 257, Joan Mahaffy 249, Lynn Barlow 202, Grace MacDonald 243, Hazel Weddup 231, Dorothy Burtch 221, Blanche Keith 224, Vera Horner 203, Ethel Tonkin 215, 'Don- Dorothy Mapplebeck 225, Marg. Mac! OSHAWA BOWLING NEWS ( ald 209, Danaida bigeati al 251, Marie Col-' lison: 214, and June Young 207. eee ee its Taken -- Dattoalls 3, Pin Set- ters Ef Powder Puffs 0, Limbo Rocks 4;/ Budgies 4, Posies 0; Cameos 1, Dolls 3;/ howler son LUCKY Six bi =, Bees 3; The Kittens 3, Bomber,' "cect ; weghle abode < req Blue re 4i| with the power of landing -- Budgies Bees % bi 7, Blue Bonnets 6, ty, be 6, Daffodils -6, Corner Pins 4, The Kitiens 4, Posies 4, Lucky Six 3, Powder Pufts|Joan Jackson 736 (322); Nancy McKéy 3, Old Crocks te Spelt 1, Reindeers 1,/730 (271); Diane Charuk 729 (269); Mar- HUMORESQUE re LEAGUE was Ada |. Brown (83, 98) 181; Harold Bateman ue 'N) 157 and ig Beyerrd (a, ne With handicap -- Wakely ( 104; Vi Pike (43, wor '03; Clara 43, 59) 102; haha vr saas }, 43) 102 and} / LADIES' MAJOR "A" LEAGUE At fe ne aorecse 1 soe: oe of the week again. The "BI who aoe lead the way. Mavis Tapio a9 (3 3, 283). 700 Over -- Fio Russell 765, (267, am; jon Dingman 714 (338); Del Sibblock 707 (285) and Maude Cockerton 723. (333), 693, Vi Nor- (26)s Vi mal." Dr. Dodds says there are a number of areas that could sup- port a caribou herd. And in the last 25 years one attempt was made--a small herd brought from Newfoundland to Guysbo- rough County. It apparently died off, probably because of poor handling in transport and dur- ing the release of the animals. The last known native caribou fell before a hunter's bullet in 1921, In 1789, so prolific was the Cape Breton herd that the go- ing rate was 10 shillings for moose and caribou hides. Sol- diers sent from Sydney to stop the slaughter for hides 9,000 carcasses between Ingon- ish and Cape North, a distance of 25 miles. 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