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Wood Bison Still ExistOTTAWA fCP» — The grand-daddy of North American buffalo has been identified alive and kicking in the Northwest Territories, scientists confirmed today.An isolated herd of about 200 wood bison, bigger, blacker and woollier than the plains species, has been located in a remote corner 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 near the same spot where the whooping 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 more from nose to tail and weigh 2.000 pounds or more. The woolly coat is almost black and thg animal is about 20 per cent heftier all round than the plains buffaloThe sleuthing that led to rediscovery was conducted by the Canadian wild life service and national museum of Canada.The exact location of the survivors is on the upper Nyarling River, flowing north to Great Slave Lake, in the northwest corner of the park.
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Sep 20, 1960
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