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     WOW Some“ mmntaofflre aWelyAfioobison in 
     
    

    
     and WWWG National Park GWBNP) are 
     
    

    
     - “dnfectaedawiah eitherzbwine‘rbrueellosis. tuberculosis. or 
     
     both diseases. Agriculture Canada advocates the 
     
    

    
     * ' .slaughtert'o ,Canada’s 'bruoeilosis-free' status 
     
    

    
     ' .. tariguqenablqithe Canadian cattle herd tobe declared 
     
     'ftuberculosis-free.‘v (Fon more information on the issue. 
     
    

    
     . '* see Nature Canada. spring 1990 andAlmanac, Vol.4. 
     
     No. 1 .) The panel has concluded that no risk. however 
     
     small, of nansmissiongfeitlier disease to humans. 
     
     cattle. or healthy bison in the MacKenzie Bison Sanctu- 
     
    

    
     ‘ my 0485le acceptable. ‘ , ’ ‘ , ,- 
     
    

    
     . --Si.§ee 1925. when thegflrst plains bison were 
     
     released in WBNP. there has been no documented case 
     
     of cattle or humans contracting either disease from the 
     
     herd in the park. And the possibility of contact between 
     
     the WBNP and MBS herds is based on a single sighting 
     
     by tourists of three bison to the south of the M38. a 
     
     sighting that could not be confirmed by government 
     
     officials who attempted to find the animals. Despite the 
     
    
   
   
    
     cation of the erdsting bison is the only method of elimi- 
     
     bison now living in Wood Bufi'alo National Parkyand 
     
    
   
   
    
     surrounding areas be removed and replaced bydisease- 
     
     free wood bisoh.‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
       
     
            
     
    
   
   
    
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      eased bison are  
     
    
   
   
    
     lack of evidence of risk. the panel concludes that "eradi—  ; 
     
    
   
   
    
     . nating the risk" and recommends that "all free-ranging ' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
               
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     i vast wildemoss mmposednfmbedflflm terrain. 
     
     and no comparable feat hasWWmmMfithted. 
     
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     been for naught. v . n   {flow}: 3 ~  . _ 
     
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     efforts outside of me'w&.v‘%@mgmwd.'tw 
     
     close to the parkand’ammmmm habitat. 
     
    

    
     LYet the panel doesaotmalge'asinglg recommendation » 
     
     requiring the agricultural sector the risk 
     
     through use of permanent bufl'es .bisonlproof 
     
     .fencing. or vaccination. NorEdpes itgrecprnmend restric- 
     
     tionson cattle grazingin the  quthe establishment of 
     
     a plan for agricultural developmentlinthe region. the 
     
    

    
     , absence of which it accepts   ~- 
     
    

    
     Neither does the   lithe, dis- 
     
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     with healthy bison. there remains a distinct possibility 
     
     that tuberculosis and /or brucellosis mayreappear in the 
     
     replacement herd. Although Canadalwas declared bru- 
     
     cellosis-free in October. .1985. several cases of the dis- 
     
     ease have been reported since that time-This demon- 
     
     strates that the disease can remain undetected in ani- 
     
     mals {or years. he disease could also enter Canada Via 
     
     imported cattle. If either scenario takes place. the largest 
     
     and most diverse gene pool of bison irrthe world will have 
     
     been destroyed at an expense oil more than $20 million 
     
     and absolutely nothing will have been accomplished. 
     
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