{"id":454483,"date":"2026-02-05T01:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/454483\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T01:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T01:32:09","slug":"watch-dramatic-caribou-ice-rescue-unfolds-in-scenic-canadian-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/454483\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Dramatic caribou ice rescue unfolds in scenic Canadian village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But when he arrived near his father\u2019s fishing wharf, help was already underway.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/1zysFrPuOjqrhDTDGNLCYD\/b4cf99a50713b7b12fc5e31ce6c2a462\/Screenshot_2026-02-04_at_9.08.52\u00e2__AM.png\" alt=\"Provided - Brendon Gould: Caribou ice rescue, Newfoundland  3 \" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2026-02-04_at_9.08.52\u00e2__AM.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n(Brendon Gould\/Provided)<\/p>\n<p>His father, Vernon, and his friend Milton were approaching by boat, carefully cutting a path through the ice. The harbour had only frozen a few days earlier, making the situation especially dangerous. Caribou are excellent swimmers, but can only withstand icy water for so long.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of chasing the caribou, they slowly circled her, breaking ice behind her and guiding her back toward the beach,  the same direction she had come from.<\/p>\n<p>After about 30 to 40 minutes in the water, the exhausted female caribou finally made it out.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/vzBRY5TC6tBSYS9k2hMXv\/5ff86dd60845e5cf7df71f1195493efd\/Screenshot_2026-02-04_at_9.09.12\u00e2__AM.png\" alt=\"Provided - Brendon Gould: Caribou ice rescue, Newfoundland  4\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_2026-02-04_at_9.09.12\u00e2__AM.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nAfter a successful rescue, the caribou could be seen walking on the ice. (Brendon Gould\/Provided)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But when he arrived near his father\u2019s fishing wharf, help was already underway. (Brendon Gould\/Provided) His father, Vernon,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2837,49,48,6765,66,323],"class_list":["post-454483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-newfoundland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}