bison to return to montana after 140 years in the canadian wilderness /

Published at 2016-03-28 07:43:46

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Herd ‘coming domestic’ under treaty between North American tribes that seeks to return bison from Canada to MontanaDescendants of a bison herd captured and sent to Canada more than a century ago will be relocated to a Montana Native American reservation next month, in what tribal leaders bill as a homecoming for a species emblematic of their traditions.
The shipment of animals from Alberta’s El
k Island national park to the Blackfeet reservation follows a 2014 treaty among tribes in the US and Canada. That agreement aims to restore bison to areas of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains where millions once roamed.
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Source: theguardian.com