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Silver Medal-Vancouver Island Marmot\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n
This marmot is uniquely Canadian and can only be found in patches of meadow along mountainsides in British Columbia. It is one of the rarest mammals in the world, with as little as 30 known to be wild in 2003.\u00a0 The numbers have increased to between 320 and 370 in the years since. It is thought the reason for their decline was an increased number of predators such as wolves, cougars, and hawks hunting them because their usual prey had become scarce.<\/p>\n
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Gold Medal- Black-Footed Ferret<\/b><\/p>\n
It was thought the black-footed ferret had become globally extinct due to farmers exterminating their primary food source, prairie dogs. Until one day a farmer\u2019s dog came home with a black-footed ferret between its jaws. Researchers found a colony of 129 wild ferrets. All but 18 died from a disease epidemic soon after. Of these survivors, only seven reproduced in captivity with their offspring released back into the wild.\u00a0 Today there are more than 1,000 black-footed ferrets living in the wild. The death defying black-footed ferret acts as a reminder that humans must be aware of their impact on the environment.<\/p>\n
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D\u00e9fier la mort<\/b><\/p>\n
Le skeleton est un sport qui peut sembler fou pour certains. Glisser, t\u00eate premi\u00e8re, sur une piste glac\u00e9e \u00e0 des vitesses qui peuvent atteindre 100 kilom\u00e8tres-heure est un v\u00e9ritable d\u00e9fi lanc\u00e9 \u00e0 la mort. Et pourtant, ces athl\u00e8tes survivent.<\/p>\n
Il existe quelques esp\u00e8ces canadiennes qui ont lutt\u00e9 contre vents et mar\u00e9es pour leur survie et qui sont heureusement encore avec nous aujourd’hui.<\/p>\n
Gagnant de la m\u00e9daille de bronze \u2013 La Grue blanche d’Am\u00e9rique \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
La destruction de l’habitat de cet oiseau majestueux a fait en sorte qu\u2019il n\u2019est rest\u00e9 que 16 survivants de cette esp\u00e8ce! Aujourd’hui, le nombre de Grues blanches \u00e0 l’\u00e9tat sauvage a grimp\u00e9 \u00e0 plus de 200 individus. Cette esp\u00e8ce a pu d\u00e9fier ainsi la mort parce que des Canadiens inquiets ont r\u00e9agi rapidement. Avec des ailes d\u2019une envergure de six pieds et son \u00e9tonnante capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 voyager pendant 10 heures sans s\u2019arr\u00eater, la Grue blanche nous aurait bien manqu\u00e9e.<\/p>\n
Gagnant de la m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent \u2013 La marmotte de l’\u00eele de Vancouver <\/b><\/p>\n
La marmotte de l’\u00eele de Vancouver est unique au Canada et elle ne peut \u00eatre trouv\u00e9e que dans les prairies longeant les montagnes de la Colombie-Britannique. Elle est l’un des mammif\u00e8res les plus rares au monde et il ne restait en 2003 que 30 individus connus vivant \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tat sauvage. Dans les ann\u00e9es qui ont suivi, le nombre de marmottes a augment\u00e9 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 370 individus. On pense que leur d\u00e9clin a \u00e9t\u00e9 caus\u00e9 par une augmentation du nombre de pr\u00e9dateurs tels que les loups, les couguars et les faucons qui les chassaient parce que leurs proies habituelles \u00e9taient devenues rares.<\/p>\n
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Gagnant de la m\u00e9daille d’or \u2013 Le putois d’Am\u00e9rique<\/b><\/p>\n
On croyait le putois d’Am\u00e9rique disparu \u00e0 l’\u00e9chelle mondiale en raison de l\u2019extermination par les agriculteurs de leur principale source de nourriture, les chiens de prairie. Jusqu’au jour o\u00f9 le chien d’un agriculteur est revenu \u00e0 la maison, tenant dans sa gueule un putois d\u2019Am\u00e9rique. Les chercheurs ont trouv\u00e9 une colonie de 129 putois sauvages. Tous, sauf 18 d\u2019entre eux, ont succomb\u00e9 \u00e0 une \u00e9pid\u00e9mie peu de temps apr\u00e8s cette d\u00e9couverte. Parmi ces survivants, sept seulement se sont reproduits en captivit\u00e9 et leur prog\u00e9niture a \u00e9t\u00e9 rel\u00e2ch\u00e9e dans la nature. Aujourd’hui, on compte plus de 1 000 putois vivant \u00e0 l’\u00e9tat sauvage. Ces putois d\u2019Am\u00e9rique qui ont d\u00e9fi\u00e9 la mort sont un rappel pour nous, les humains, de la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de prendre conscience de notre impact sur l\u2019environnement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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