muskox

Muskox on the menu in Fort Good Hope

A trailer filled with kitchen equipment in Fort Good Hope has become a makeshift meat processor, turning previously troublesome muskox into sausages and hamburger patties. Last week the department of Environment and Natural Resources was called into the community to deal with muskox near the airport. Instead of letting the…


Baby Muskox rescued near Gahcho Kué

Earlier this week there was a rescue operation near Gahcho Kué diamond mine involving a furry, four-legged infant. Tom Ormsby is a spokesperson for De Beers Canada, which owns the mine located about 280 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. He explained that Sunday the baby muskox was spotted on the mine’s…