Editing Muskox (section)

=== Introductions in eastern Canada ===
Ancient muskox remains have never been found in [[eastern Canada]], although the ecological conditions in the northern [[Labrador Peninsula]] are suitable for them. In 1967, 14 animals were captured near [[Eureka, Nunavut|Eureka]] on [[Ellesmere Island]] by the Institute for Northern Agricultural Research (INAR) and brought to a farm in Old Fort Chimo [[Kuujjuaq]], northern Quebec, for domestication to provide a local cottage industry based on ''[[qiviut]]'', a fine natural fiber. The animals thrived and the ''qiviut'' industry showed early success with the training of Inuit knitters and marketing, but it soon became clear that the Quebec government had never intended that the muskoxen be domestic, but had used INAR to capture muskoxen to provide a wild population for hunting{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}. Government officials demanded that INAR leave Quebec and the farm be closed. Subsequently, 54 animals from the farm were released in three places in northern Quebec between 1973 and 1983, and the remaining were ceded to local [[zoo]]s. Between 1983 and 1986, the released animals increased from 148 to 290, at a rate of 25% per year, and by 2003, an estimated 1,400 muskoxen were in Quebec. Additionally, 112 adults and 25 calves were counted in the nearby [[Diana Island]] in 2005, having arrived there by their own means from the mainland. [[Vagrancy (biology)|Vagrant]] adults are sometimes spotted in [[Labrador]], though no herds have been observed in the region.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/398/398 |title=The Occurrence of Muskoxen, Ovibos moschatus in Labrador – Chubbs – The Canadian Field-Naturalist |volume=121 |issue=1 |pages=81–84 |journal=Canadian Field-Naturalist |year=2007 |last1=Brazil |first1=J. |last2=Chubbs |first2=Tony E. |doi=10.22621/cfn.v121i1.398 |doi-access=free}}</ref>