A BISON SANCTUARY .
i « —— s I tf A new national park for the cont scrvation of wild bison, to be known 1 as Wood Buffalo Park, has been es--2 tablished by the Canadian Govern--3 mont near Fortsmith, Tlberta, on the 1 west side of Slave river. The new > park includes within its borders the fc habitation of two- herds of wood bi- ' son, estimated to number 2000 head. ', These wood bison differ little from i the buffalo that once_ r blackened- tb.p. - prairies of-tlie"" United States and. ' Canada, but are said to be slightly • larger and of a darker 'colour. With ' the exception of a small herd still ' roaming the northern fastnesses of ' Yellow" Stone Park, these are the only 1 wild bison remaining in North Arrier--1 ica. The bison population of the con- • tinent, according to an estimate of ' Dr. W. F. Hornaday, a recognised authority on the buffalo, once totalled I 15,000.000, and its distribution exj tended from the Atlantic seabord to j a little west of the Rocky Mountains. j The Canadian Government herd in »Wainwrigltf. Park, in Alberta, now numbers nearly 7000 head, or three' fifths of all the bison in existence.
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Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 483, 25 October 1923, Page 1
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196A BISON SANCTUARY. Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 483, 25 October 1923, Page 1
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