"For the past three summers, the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation, which has a $900,000 budget, employs 'marmot shepherds' to protect the growing colonies from predators.
This sounds like a great gig. The Recovery Foundation is reintroducing marmots into their natural wild habitat. Humans camp nearby to deter predators and to monitor the released marmots. The Vancouver Island marmot is Canada’s most endangered mammal. There are currently less than 30 animals left in the wild, along with 78 in breeding programs across Canada. The Vancouver Island Recovery Plan goal is to increase the wild population to between 400 and 600 marmots.
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