La Semaine verte Le boeuf musqué à la conquête du Nanuvik (Season 53, Episode 21)
TV Episode | 40 min | Documentary

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La Semaine verte

Le boeuf musqué à la conquête du Nanuvik (Season 53, Episode 21)

TV Episode | 40 min | Documentary

-A beautiful dream. Some 15 muskoxen were captured on Ellesmere Island and brought to Nunavik in the 1960s. But the Kuujjuaq breeding farm project aborted and the animals were released back onto the land. Today, there are more than 7,000 ...See more-A beautiful dream. Some 15 muskoxen were captured on Ellesmere Island and brought to Nunavik in the 1960s. But the Kuujjuaq breeding farm project aborted and the animals were released back onto the land. Today, there are more than 7,000 muskoxen in Northern Quebec (in Canada), and this rapid expansion is causing concern among the Inuit. Is the imposing mammal harming the migratory caribou, a sacred symbol for Nunavik communities? The Quebec Ministry of Wildlife is now measuring its impact on this northern ecosystem. But for many Inuit hunters, the case is clear: the muskox is an intruder. Other communities see the large herbivore as an opportunity to develop the territory's new wildlife resource. See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Catherine Mercier Self - Animatrice Self - Animatrice See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Gilbert Bégin Self - journaliste Self - journaliste See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Adamie Delisle Alaku Self - Vice-président Société Makivvik (as Adami Alaku Deslile) Self - Vice-président Société Makivvik (as Adami Alaku Deslile) See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Saimmajualy Ekomiak Self - chasseur Self - chasseur See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Rachel Guindon Self - biologiste consultante Self - biologiste consultante See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Davidee Niviaxie Self - résident d'Umiujaq Self - résident d'Umiujaq See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Alexandre Paiement Self - technicien de la faune Ministère de la faune du Québec {MELCCFP} Self - technicien de la faune Ministère de la faune du Québec {MELCCFP} See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Mary Crow Patterson Self - résidente d'Umiujaq Self - résidente d'Umiujaq See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Eddie Qumaluk Self - directeur Association locale de chasse et pêche d'Umiujaq Self - directeur Association locale de chasse et pêche d'Umiujaq See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
William Saunders Self - technicien de la faune Société Makivvik Self - technicien de la faune Société Makivvik See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Joëlle Taillon Self - biologiste et chercheuse Service de la gestion de la gestion des espèces {MELCCFP} Self - biologiste et chercheuse Service de la gestion de la gestion des espèces {MELCCFP} See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Avila Tookalook Self - chasseur Self - chasseur See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)
Bobby Tooktoo Self - directeur Parc national Tursujuq Self - directeur Parc national Tursujuq See fewer	La Semaine verte (1970)