Mr. Speaker, some people are taking the liberty to take our survey numbers from 2006 and then adding numbers from historic times such as 1996 and then lump them all together. Mr. Speaker, we have the numbers for the three Bluenose herds. We have the numbers for the Bathurst herd and we know that these herds have been reduced by a range of either between 30 percent and 80 percent. If you factor in that it is an average of around 50 percent and took the other remaining herds and those numbers from 1996 and reduce them by that much appropriately, it will come well under 1.2 million, Mr. Speaker, I can reassure you.
Michael McLeod on Question 285-15(5): Accuracy Of Caribou Population Estimates
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 285-15(5): Accuracy Of Caribou Population Estimates
Question 285-15(5): Accuracy Of Caribou Population Estimates
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 8th, 2007
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