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Elk Island Sends 44 Wood Bison Calves to Alaska
The transfer is part of a conservation agreement, and officials said the calves completed a 40-hour trip after inspection and quarantine.
- On Tuesday night, 44 wood bison calves from Elk Island National Park arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska, after departing Monday morning from the park east of Edmonton on a cattle liner.
- This relocation program serves as part of a federal plan to ensure wood bison survival, as they are the closest living relative to the extirpated steppe bison population in North America.
- The calves endured a 40-hour trip on treacherous northern roads, with a pit stop in Whitehorse where drivers switched, while three Elk Island staff members monitored welfare throughout.
- Jonathan DeMoor, resource conservation manager for Elk Island National Park, confirmed Wednesday that staff unloaded every animal successfully after the herd completed a 60-day quarantine.
- Park officials maintain a memorandum of understanding with the state for another transfer in two years, though previous bison shipments to the Sakha Republic in Russia ceased after the war in Ukraine.
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Bison calves from Alberta's Elk Island National Park find new home in Alaska
Dozens of Alberta-raised bison calves sent to Alaska as part of a relocation agreement with the state made it safely to their new home, but it wasn't without months of logistical work and a 40-hour trip on treacherous northern roads.
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Oh, give me a home: Alberta-raised wood bison calves safely relocated to Alaska
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