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0 ntarinli new elk
herd has arrived, A
• . ..weary herd, of 47
elk. aan veil at gramme site
near Sudbury on March 1.
The trip to Ontario ,
from BM Island National
Park in Alberta was air.
ordeal,. The elk left
Alberta four days earlier,
They "were stalled near
Regina. that evening
because of a massive snow
storm. After a .12 -hour
delay, they were on the
roa0. again, only
stalled at Virden,
Manitoba, because of the
oterni, After another
lengthy delay, they had, *
difficult 'trip amiss sonth-
ern Maniteba along, icy,
snow7covered reeds. The
trip finished in dense fog,:
Whoa the trucks finally
arrived at the mad to the
enclosure, theyhad to,
contend, with Muddy can-
, ditions tinit made the drive
difficult, ,
On tho-elk were at
tbtlitg* A 4yOUR Qf 15 vol.,
fltitgers immediately
inoved hitt? action 43)4
, tt ansfert*d the elk from
tWQ transport trailers 1,14°
holding enclosure.
Biologists started assess-
.i�g the elk to ensure they
rebgild their, strength
r.,. before- they aro released
,, wittilm, tthee-iV4titlidvfeTihyereetiefaoser
mid-March, but that. date
i4 may change depending. on
the regoYcSY rate tif the
-'• aiiimalS. . .
The transfer of the elk
to Ontario is being man-
aged by a partnership of
12 oiganizmions that make
up the Elk Restoration
Project. The vital is to
restore elk to parts a their
historic range in Ontario.
Thet elk is a magnificent
animal that oncet roamed
SQUOlein Qntario tq
tbe Sudbury area and also
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from Atikokau to Fort
Frances.
The elk were gathered,
for Ontario by Parks
Canada. The site of 'the
holding pen -twit= the elk
are now resting was cho-
sen for the first of several
,releases of elk because a
remnant herd Of elk, intro -
duped in the 1930s, Still
exists in the area,
etailed deer
e s happy
Tior..the last two
decades, white-tailed
zL deer farnaers have
been successfully produc-
ing quality deer in
Ontario. After prriving
itself to the Ontario gov-
'ernment as a prosperous,
responsible, and safe,
M,flustry with no negative
‘ituPaet on: Ontario's native
wild deer, the Ontario
gOvernment: h.O.S recog-
nized the white.Wiled deer
as a farnied animal. This
gives farmers the coafi-
donee they need to invest
Ln.this new industry and
-rou'rket: their products to
their Nil potential.
Canada has a $45-.6
million white-tailed, deer
in4iistrY; Alberta and
Saskatchewan hold the
majority of the value aS
ations
their 4bvernrgents have
recogiuzed the potential of
'their industry years age,
is felt that Ontario. with its
abundance of Marginal
farm land. along with the
new regulations, will catch
up with the western
provinces in the tiOg fir
years. • -
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ntitritiOn, handling facili-
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