• Wild Bison Roam Banff National Park For 1st Time in More Than a Century
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[img]https://i.cbc.ca/1.3969671.1486422297!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/banff-bison-with-mountain.jpg[/img] [quote]The first wild bison to roam Banff National Park in more than a century have been airlifted into 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. The bison were let out into the pasture, where they'll stay for 16 months while being closely monitored by Parks Canada using radio collars.[/quote] Source; [url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bison-buffalo-banff-national-park-1.3969106[/url]
Hopefully they prosper.
At least Teddy Roosevelt is spinning slightly slower in his grave now.
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;51789521]At least Teddy Roosevelt is spinning slightly slower in his grave now.[/QUOTE] You might want to read up on Teddy Roosevelt. Unless you think the president who set up the National Park service would be angry at this. [url]http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424#synopsis[/url]
The comeback of the Bison is so amazing. These beasts were considered to be as low as less than 400 in the late 1800s.
[QUOTE=discofex;51789545]You might want to read up on Teddy Roosevelt. Unless you think the president who set up the National Park service would be angry at this. [url]http://www.biography.com/people/theodore-roosevelt-9463424#synopsis[/url][/QUOTE] Did you even read his post.
Just in time for big companies to start building on top of them! :smile:
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;51789988]Just in time for big companies to start building on top of them! :smile:[/QUOTE] This is in Canada so unlike the US national parks, they're at a very, very low risk for crony capitalism to harm them.
[QUOTE=F.X Clampazzo;51790003]This is in Canada so unlike the US national parks, they're at a very, very low risk for crony capitalism to harm them.[/QUOTE] I retract my statement.
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