Extinction in Canada

Since the year 1750, Canada has lost the Great Auk, Passenger Pigeon, Labrador Duck, Dawson caribou, sea mink, Banff longnose dace, deepwater cisco, longjaw cisco, and blue walleye.

Great Auk drawing extinct penguin
Great Auk

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  1. The movie I recently watched on the passenger pigeon was scary because we don’t seem to get that everything we do has effect on everything else and also the idea of a hybrid passenger pigeon from the rock pigeon. Not sure I like that idea at all.