Over the coming weeks Wildlife Officials with the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture are conducting a caribou survey in western Newfoundland and on the Northern Peninsula using low-level flying aircraft.

The survey includes the St. Anthony, Northern Peninsula, Gros Morne, Hampden Downs, Adies Lake and Gregory Plateau caribou herds.

A number of caribou will be marked with highly visible red paint as part of the survey requirements. The paint does not impact caribou – it will remain on the animals for the duration of the winter and shed with their winter coats in the spring.

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