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Discovered In NWTOTTAWA (GP) — The grand-daddy 'of North American buffalo has been identified alive and kicking in . the Northwest Territories,scientists confirmed' Saturday.• * . • * * . 4An isolated - hecdof about 200 wood bison,- bigger, blacker and1 • Iwoollier than the plains species, has been located' in „a .remote eorner of Wood Buffalo. National. Park, one of the world’s largest game sanctuaries -straddling the Alberta-Territories boundary. No others are believed to exist. . , Aptly, the herd- was found ttfcfir the same spot where th'e wboop-| ing crane nests each summer in its fight against extinction.The wood bison is a bruiser which may stand more than six feet, measure 12 feet or morefrom nose to tail and weigh 2,000pounds Or more. The woolly coat are almost black and the animalIs hbut Sb per cent. heftier allround than the plans buffalo.The sleuthing that led to ri-distopvery . was coadtteted. by- theCanadian wild. - life ■: service and nationallinuseomot Canada..-..- -■ \Tbe./.exact. location of this *uf-'tfoors is bn the upper Nyarttng Itiver/ ltewing north to Great Steve _ Lake, in the northwestComer ti the perk.Jwc:flt;n h
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Sep 19, 1960
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