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The last caribou in the south Selkirk Mountains have been disappearing for the past several years and are now functionally extinct. Known as 'Grey Ghosts' because they were only rarely glimpsed, the southern mountain herd differed from other types of caribou found on the arctic tundra. These animals were also called deep snow caribou for their unique feeding behaviour. As snow built up in the winter, the herd headed higher into the mountains where they stood on the snow to reach and feed on lichen that grew on the branches of old-growth trees.
In 2009, the Grey Ghost herd had about 50 animals and was declining. Wildlife officials in Canada attempted to protect them by killing wolves, which occasionally preyed on the few remaining caribou. But, according to some experts, the cause of the extirpation of this herd and the decline of other caribou in Canada is extensive industrial development. Permitted logging road building, unsustainable recreation, oil and gas development, and mining in caribou habitat has predictably led to the functional loss of this herd in southern British Columbia.
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