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by SantaFeJoe on Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:53 pm

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Alaska is getting ready to release some Wood Bison soon:

http://news.yahoo.com/alaska-officials- ... 52280.html

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by Andrew_5488 on Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:52 pm

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SantaFeJoe wrote:Alaska is getting ready to release some Wood Bison soon:

http://news.yahoo.com/alaska-officials- ... 52280.html

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"The state had a strong interest in reintroduction as a source of food for subsistence hunters and as a game animal for sport hunting, but plans ran into a political snag."

Is this still the reason behind it ?

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by SantaFeJoe on Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:18 pm

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According to this article, the natives will be allowed to hunt them once the numbers allow. Too bad!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n ... 180954326/

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by SantaFeJoe on Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:26 pm

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They are released now:

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la- ... story.html

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