You won't see these once native animals in West Virginia anymore

You won't see these once native animals in West Virginia anymore

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Some animals that used to live across West Virginia have gone extinct. For mammals, the extinctions in West Virginia are due to overhunting. According to the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, there are three extinct mammal species in the state. The last recorded bison was killed near Valley Head in 1825, and the last known gray wolf was hunted around 1900. Although there is no known end date, and there is so…