Anthrax — Worldwide/Unknown
A survey of bison in the Fort Providence area of Canada’s Northwest Territories estimates the population is less than half of what it was a year ago. The survey was conducted in March 2013 and shows an estimated 714 bison left in the area. That’s down from 1531 last year [2012].
The territorial government blames last summer’s [2013] anthrax outbreak for the substantial decline. Last year, more than 400 bison carcasses were found in the Fort Providence area, west of the Great Slave Lake in
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