The Peary Caribou is currently a threatened species in Canada and the population is continuing to decrease. They are the smallest caribou in Canada and are found in the Arctic Islands of Canada.

Numbers have declined by about 72 percent in the last 60 years, where the species encountered a catastrophic decline in the mid-1990s related to severe icing events. Severe winters, hunting, predation, and industrial development are among the causes of the decrease in population.

WWF is working on raising awareness on this threatened species mainly by ensuring that the species has the habitat it requires, to breed and escape wolf predation. The organization is disrupting development projects that threaten the habitat of caribou, and monitoring their population status to understand the effects of industrial development on caribou. As well, they are studying the Last Ice Area to help protect sea ice which they use for migration.

Caribou are an important species to Indigenous people. Also, they play an important role to the ecosystem by adding nitrogen to soil and water. If they go extinct, it is unlikely for any other species to replace the Peary caribou's role in the ecological niche.

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