Wild Bison in Banff National Park - 1st in a century
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:01 amWild bison roam Banff National Park for 1st time in more than century
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'It's one of the great days for wildlife conservation in the history of North America'
By Lisa Monforton, CBC News Posted: Feb 06, 2017 2:16 PM MT| Last Updated: Feb 07, 2017 6:44 PM MT
The first wild bison to roam Banff National Park in more than a century have been transported to a remote valley in a "historic homecoming" aimed at re-establishing a thriving herd, Parks Canada said Monday.
While many remember what Parks Canada calls a "display herd" of bison housed in a paddock near the Banff townsite until 1997, this new herd represents a return to wild animals, eventually free to wander their surroundings.
The 16 bison — primarily pregnant two year olds — were loaded onto shipping containers on trucks in Elk Island National Park, about 35 kilometres east of Edmonton, and transported to the park in the past week.
The shipping containers were ferried by helicopter over the slopes and lowered into an enclosed pasture in Panther Valley near Sundre on the eastern slopes of the park.
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'It's one of the great days for wildlife conservation in the history of North America'
By Lisa Monforton, CBC News Posted: Feb 06, 2017 2:16 PM MT| Last Updated: Feb 07, 2017 6:44 PM MT
The first wild bison to roam Banff National Park in more than a century have been transported to a remote valley in a "historic homecoming" aimed at re-establishing a thriving herd, Parks Canada said Monday.
While many remember what Parks Canada calls a "display herd" of bison housed in a paddock near the Banff townsite until 1997, this new herd represents a return to wild animals, eventually free to wander their surroundings.
The 16 bison — primarily pregnant two year olds — were loaded onto shipping containers on trucks in Elk Island National Park, about 35 kilometres east of Edmonton, and transported to the park in the past week.
The shipping containers were ferried by helicopter over the slopes and lowered into an enclosed pasture in Panther Valley near Sundre on the eastern slopes of the park.
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