Ah, good ol' NAFTA

[polly7]

U.S. outfitter fights N.W.T. caribou policy with NAFTA

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100328/caribou_nwt_100328/20100328?hub=Canada
"Andre depends on an annual allotment of caribou tags to serve big-game hunters who come to his camps. But the yearly tags to non-aboriginal hunters have been gradually scaled back as the Northwest Territories tries to relieve pressure on its once-mighty herds.

Biologists say nine of Canada's 11 caribou herds are in decline. The Bathurst herd of the central barrens, they say, dropped from 120,000 animals in 2006 to 32,000 three years later. The Beverly herd to the east -- 280,000 strong 15 years ago -- has virtually disappeared."