The mountain goat is one animal perfectly adapted for life in alpine regions (areas above the tree line). Its teeth can chew the toughest vegetation, and its hooves have hard, sharp edges with a non-slip pad in the middle so they can climb on the steepest of ridges.
Species protection strategy criticized
Species protection strategy criticized Former provincial Chief of Wildlife Conservation,
Ray Demarchi, says that B.C.'s new Wildlife Management Strategy
does not offer wildlife species adequate protection from clearcut
logging. "Identified wildlife" are those species which require
extra protection or special forest practices to ensure their
survival. The new strategy allows for putting aside no more than 1
per cent of B.C.'s timber supply for species whose habitat is at
risk from logging. Demarchi says that it does not offer enough
protection for the identified wildlife and does nothing at all for
those species which have not been classified as threatened but
could still be negatively affected by habitat
destruction.
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