Editing Reindeer (section)

=== Boreal woodland caribou===
Ongoing human development of their [[habitat]] has caused populations of boreal woodland caribou to disappear from their original southern range. In particular, boreal woodland caribou were [[Local extinction|extirpated]] in many areas of eastern North America in the beginning of the 20th century. Professor Marco Musiani of the University of Calgary said in a statement that "The woodland caribou is already an endangered subspecies in southern Canada and the United States...[The] warming of the planet means the disappearance of their critical habitat in these regions. Caribou need undisturbed lichen-rich environments and these types of habitats are disappearing."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/six-ways-climate-change-is-waging-war-on-christmas-180948064/?no-ist |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine |title=Six Ways Climate Change Is Waging War on Christmas |first=Sarah |last=Zielinski |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>

Boreal woodland caribou were designated as [[Threatened species|Threatened]] in 2002 by the [[Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada]], (COSEWIC).<ref name="COSEWIC2011DUReport" /> Environment Canada reported in 2011 that there were approximately 34 000 boreal woodland caribou in 51 ranges remaining in Canada ([[Environment and Climate Change Canada|Environment Canada]], 2011b).<ref name="EC2012" /> "According to Geist, the "woodland caribou is highly endangered throughout its distribution right into Ontario."<ref name="MSW3" />

In 2002, the Atlantic-[[Gaspé Peninsula|Gaspésie]] population DU11 of the boreal woodland caribou was designated as Endangered by COSEWIC. The small isolated population of 200 animals was at risk from predation and habitat loss.