REINDEER ON MOVE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 235, 3 October 1936, Page 23 (Supplement)

REINDEER ON MOVE.

' Canada's great experiment of bringing reindeer from Alaska and «ettling them in the North-west territories seem 6 to have met with much success. The reindeer were provided with a great reserve of GCOO square miles to the ea«t of the Mackenzie River delta, and reports from Canada say that the herd is in excellent condition in spite of the abnormal severity of the winter. The winter is spent Jn the southern part of the range, (Hid for the past few weeks the herd lm« been trekking north to summer pastures alonj? the Arctic coast in the region of Kittigazuit. The families of the herders travel north by dog team over the snows, following the river. At the end of the northward trek the reindeer are herded into a sheltered valley, and there the fawns are born. In spite of temperatures as low as 32 degrees below zero the fawns, born in the open survive, and a few hours later are walking awkwardly about. Within a few days they are scraping about for moss to augment their food supply. The annual round-up of the herd takes place in August, when the animals are counted and marked, and some are killed for food.