Bison reprieve
THE WORLD’S LARGEST bison herd will not be eradicated after all. The Canadian Government has rejected the advice of its own environmental assessment panel, which had recommended killing the bison in Woods Buffalo National Park, Alberta, because some were infected with brucellosis and tuberculosis, supposedly endangering neighbouring cattle. The announcement came days after an internal memorandum drafted by employees of Parks Canada, the responsibility federal agency within the Department of Environment, was leaked to the press. The memo pointed out that killing all the bison would be impossible, that it was poorly reasoned and that it would harm the integrity of Canada’s national park system. Source: Oryx
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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109Bison reprieve Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 August 1991, Page 8
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