Tradition 'snatched away': Labrador Inuit struggle with caribou hunting ban

If you don't practice conservation you deserve to starve. Unsustainable practises will be their own downfall and they'll deserve it, tradition or not.
 
The buffalo hide hunters of the old west assumed there was plenty more herds of buffalo after they had basically wiped out the last one.
 
JR86 said:
The buffalo hide hunters of the old west assumed there was plenty more herds of buffalo after they had basically wiped out the last one.
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Stupidly, greed, apathy, ignorance, waste, and sense of entitlement all played a role in the demise of the bison herds of the great plains.
Looks like history has repeated itself with the northern caribou herds. Can't blame the white man this time around.
 
Tradition wasn't snatched away ............it was exploited and pissed away like there was no tomorrow.Now there is no tomorrow.
 
Published in 1950

"The northern tribes do not eat grouse, ptarmigan and rabbits as a main diet from choice, but from necessity. The vast herds of caribou that used to roam that area in countless thousands have perished--- only a few scattered herds remain. I have walked miles upon miles of those plains that are crisscrossed with old caribou trails and covered with disintegrating antlers."
 
StoneHorse said:
Stupidly, greed, apathy, ignorance, waste, and sense of entitlement all played a role in the demise of the bison herds of the great plains.
Looks like history has repeated itself with the northern caribou herds. Can't blame the white man this time around.
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Something to ponder. The Pawnee story "the boy who talked to Father" describes a great shortage of buffalo circa 1700, David Thompson describes buffalo being scarce around 1790 and of course by 1883 they were nearly gone. All of these accounts (and the last being fact) are within a decade of well documented Old World Rinderpest outbreaks.
 
Fastest growing population in Canada are the aboriginal groups. They had better get act together because large ungulates cant handle the harvest. Governments are powerless to protect these animals because of the almighty treaties and rights based harvest.
 
salarguy said:
Not so many years ago the Georges River was in flood. Virtually all the breeding stock attempted to cross the river in their migration, like they do. Blind leading the blind. They followed into sure death. The images of the bodies piled up in the lower flood plain haunt me today. The huge stags on top of each other was/is a sight to see Inuit elders warned against normal hunting practices right away. Innu however went on like nothing happened. This my friends is the result!! They made and still are making their own bed. They'll be back to KD!
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That was 26k animals over twenty years ago. There was no significant decline because of that incident: statements made by both Quebec & NL biologists. At that time the herd was still over 800k strong and remained that way for another 15 years.
 
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There never was an accurate count. They were finding new skeletons in the woods for years and years. Another factor I guess you didn't read"virtually all the breeding stock" My friend's brother in law was involved in the count Chief wildlife biologist Shane Mahoney. Commented that huge stags made up a large proportion. "Remained that way" whose counts? After that, maybe you should do your own investigation. It's already been said that the "cycle" predator to prey has an effect on large population drops. Not to mention the Innu 4X over harvest After that, Ask God.
 
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The traditional use of skidoos, rifles, twin otters, government and mining company funding to pay for it all, and more recently the leaking of GPS data from collared Caribou (in the NWT anyway).
 
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