Care and Feeding
Last Review/Updated: June 21, 2006
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Pregnant female at wooded edge within fenced compound area. She has an ear tag for identification purposes and carries a radio-collar that will be used to monitor her activities after release from project. |
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Special lichen mix is used during the first few days after capture. This female is tagged with blue and red ear tags to be identifiable at a distance. |
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Feeding trough used to provide regular supplementary food; a commercial pellet supplement is used after initially providing a special lichen food mix for the first few days after capture. |
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Two females feeding on special lichen mix; note the large spreading hooves which are well suited for travel in snow and on boggy terrain. |
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An obviously very pregnant cow paces along the edge of a wooded part of the compound. Radio-collar is clearly shown; modern radio-collars provide a large amount of data and are exceptionally small compared with earlier versions. |
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Female standing near compound gate. This scene shows the two fences around the compound: a dark fence of landscape cloth to prevent animals inside from seeing the biologists’ activity or even other animals external to the compound; and on the outside of the cloth fence is an electric fence designed to keep out predators. |
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Female poses against a backdrop of denser bush typical of caribou home range. |
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The caribou are social animals and typically are fairly easy to manage in the fenced compound. |
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Further view of feeding caribou. |
