Species population has diminished by as much as 80% since the 1980s
At his home on Montreal's south shore, Roger Giraldeau makes his way to his nursery.
Opening the door, he delicately lifts up a mason jar filled with water. Milkweed leaves are protruding from a hole in the metal cover.
"These are my babies," he said, pointing to the black, yellow and white-striped caterpillars clinging to the leaves.
Montreal conservationists work to save vanishing Monarch butterflies from extinction
At his home on Montreal's south shore, Roger Giraldeau makes his way to his nursery.
Opening the door, he delicately lifts up a mason jar filled with water. Milkweed leaves are protruding from a hole in the metal cover.
"These are my babies," he said, pointing to the black, yellow and white-striped caterpillars clinging to the leaves.
Montreal conservationists work to save vanishing Monarch butterflies from extinction