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Aerial image of the Western Arctic Caribou herd, 2011. (Jim Dau / Alaska Department of Fish and Game / Alaska Dispatch)
Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Alaska’s Western Arctic Caribou Herd numbers continue to slide

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 13:43
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North America’s largest caribou herd is continuing a decade-long population slide, a drop for which there is no easy explanation

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Three-year-old Gwennie is now receiving nutrients intravenously at the Great Slave Animal hospital in Yellowknife. (CBC.ca)
Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Sled dog rescued in Canada’s NWT

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 12:42
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A sled dog, dubbed “Gwennie” is recovering in a Yellowknife clinic after being rescued this weekend. Dr. Tom Pisz found

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(Don Emmert / AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Family of moose attack schoolboy in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2013 at 09:55
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A nine-year-old boy got the fright of his young life when he was surrounded by a family of angry moose.

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Ice cover is up 50% from last year, but is still the 6th lowest level on record. (Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic)
Environment Environment (Canada) 

Huge sea ice loss changing entire arctic ecosystem

Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2013 at 11:32 — Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 09:39
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The massive loss of sea ice in the arctic is happening so fast that species there cannot possibly evolve fast

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Fox pelts are a lucrative export product. (Yle)
Finland Politics 

Finland says no to fur-farming ban

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 09:11
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The Finnish Parliament has rejected a proposed ban on fur farming, as expected. The bill was historic in that it

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A caged fox. (Kalle Niskala / Yle)
Business Finland 

Finland’s Parliament will not ban fur farming

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 11:54
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The Parliament’s Agriculture and Forestry Committee is not backing the citizen’s initiative to ban fur farming. The Committee stance will

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A dog resting in Stockholm Sweden. (Jonathan Nackstrand, AFP)
Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Pet passports needed between Sweden and Norway

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 10:29
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As of May 1, people who own dogs will need passports for their pets in order to travel with them

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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