The wolves are the primary cause of mortality in the caribou.

That's the kind of thing that gives hunting a bad name, and makes our ability to use hunting as an effective population management tool much less effective.

What this tells us is that we seem to be catching this at an early stage.

I don't think there would be any problem from our standpoint with providing an export permit if the animals were going to a place that was suitable for housing the bears.

We do everything we can to minimize mortality.

The much greater problem in avian flu compared to SARS is the high mortality, in particular the high mortality amongst children. The family will have dropped off their child and the next time they see him, he will be dying -- can you imagine the effect that will have on staff morale in your unit?