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Caribou set to be airlifted back to Lake Superior island where they were rescued from wolves in 2018

Hope is to one day reintroduce caribou to parts of northern Ontario where they haven't lived in decades

CBC NewsErik White

There are plans to bring caribou back to the island in Lake Superior where they were rescued from wolves back in 2018.

Caribou were brought to Michipicoten Island in the 1980s and by 2014, when an ice bridge allowed wolves to cross over, they were said to be as many as 1,000.

But by 2018, there were only 15 left to be airlifted off of the large island near Wawa and taken to the remote Caribou Island and the Slate Islands near Terrace Bay.

Steven Murphy, the manager of lands and environmental stewa…

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Caribou set to be airlifted back to Lake Superior island where they were rescued from wolves in 2018

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CBC NewsErik White, Posted: Apr 24, 2024 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago
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