> >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