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Quebec AM | Jan 22, 2013 | 8:52

The future of the George River caribou at risk

Aboriginal groups in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador agree on one thing: the George River caribou herd needs to be protected. The herd's dramatic decline brought leaders together in Kuujjuaq last week to try and draft a management plan. But, some groups are more willing than others to give up their traditional hunt. The CBC's Sarah Rogers spoke to Susan Campbell about this first-ever Aboriginal summit in Kuujjuaq on the future of the George River caribou.

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