Today is a caribou-tiful day, with caribou appearing over every rise we come across. The migration of the Porcupine Caribou Herd (about 150,000 heads total) was late due to the high snow levels in the mountains to the south, so even with all the animals we’re seeing, this is fewer than normal. In addition, because of the delay, the females had their calves before finishing their migration, and then continued on - their instinct to migrate was so strong - and ended up abandoning their calves who couldn’t keep up. An estimated 5,000 calves were orphaned this way.