> >on CBC about an Inuit community that is raising a herd of muskoxen for
> >profit. I don't remember details but surely they must ship and sell the
> >meat to somewhere, eh?
>
> The profit is most likely to be from the wool, as muskoxen wool is the
> optimum for light/warm clothes. They probably eat the meat themselves or
> give it to the dogs as they probably do not kill the muskoxen until old.
>
> - Hans

no, actually that was the point of the venture - they were raising and
butchering muskoxen meat for export. You could see the huge "tent"
where
the carcasses were hung, in subzero temps.

cheyenne