SURPLUS BUFFALO
TO BE SLAUGHTERED. The Dominion of Canada has 2000 surplus buffalo, and they are to be slaughtered. The contract for the slaughter has been given by Order-in-Council to A. S. Duclos, of tonThe once-wanted members of a race of animals which had been showing signs of disappearing are now numerous at the national park at Wainwright. For Borne years the Dominion Government has been paying special attention to the preservation of these animals, and so successful has this work been that the accommodation in the park is being overtaxed. Two thousand of the buffaloes arc to be slaughtered this fall, and the meat and skins sold.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 9
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108SURPLUS BUFFALO New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 9
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