CANADA'S REINDEER
Tin; suihual round-up of the reindeer herd recently acquired by the Canadian Government has been completed. The herd is growing rapidly ■ and i the number has now reached 3750. The fawning, which look place during April, May, and June, on a well-pro-tected grazing area east of the.Mackenzie River, resulted in the addition of 936 females and 438 males. While there were the usual unavoidable losses , due to sudden storms arid intense cold, officers in charge of the herd state that the fawning was very' sucossful and that the general; condition of the deer, is excellent. During the ' winter 'of 1935-36 some 300 surplus animals were slaughtered to provide food and clothing for the assistance of natives in the Aklavik region and for other departmental purposes. Last year's tnini indicates an increase of 'nearly 1000 in the size of the herd, which is considered highly gratifying.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 4
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147CANADA'S REINDEER Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 50, 1 March 1937, Page 4
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