There are about 50 species of mammals in Labrador that include moose, caribou and beavers. Larger predators like the lynx, black bear, grizzly bear and wolf reside in Labrador along with the smaller predators like the coyote, arctic fox and the muskrat. Labrador is an amazing place for bird watching because about 35 million birds visit Newfoundland and Labrador every year. Birds of prey that inhabit the area include the bald eagle and the osprey. Shorebirds and seabirds like the Herring Gull, Black Legged Kittiwake, Ring Billed Gull, and the Atlantic Puffin make their homes in the cliffs on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the Labrador Sea. Fishing is big in Newfoundland and Labrador and the fish out there to catch include the Wild Brook Trout, Wild Atlantic Salmon, Large Atlantic Char, Landlocked Salmon, Northern Pike, Sea-Run Brook Trout, Lake Trout, and the Whitefish. Newfoundland and Labrador has 22 species of whales plus the largest migrating population of humback whales in the world. In 2002 the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador signed the province's Endangered Species Act in order to provide special protection to 20 different endangered animals within the province. The animals covered by the is act are the American Marten, Wolverine, Piping Plover, Eskimo Curlew, Peregrine Falcon, Tundra Peregrine Falcon, Woodland Caribou, Banded Killifish, Barrows Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, Ivory Gull, Polar Bear, and the Short-Eared Owl. |
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