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The Nature of Things | Season 2012-2013, Episode 14 | Sep 19, 2013 | 44:50

Billion Dollar Caribou

Through its beautiful and elusive Canadian icon - the woodland caribou - and their passionate advocates Billion Dollar Caribou will reveal that even in the 21st century the conservation of natural spaces and the species that live there is much contested territory; mired in controversy, drama and debate.

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