What reasons did the Canadian government give for the caribou killings in Never Cry Wolf?

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The government is insistent that the wolf communities are to blame for the dwindling population of caribou.  As Mowat will discover, the bureacracy fails to accept the fault humans have to play in the changing animal habitats, looking only for a scapegoat to blame.

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