Mr. Speaker, you have a concern raised about a disease, particularly that bison and buffalo contract. It is usually an epidemic or a large outbreak, as has been the case in Fort Smith over the last couple of decades. I understand that the problem with anthrax is that it is present in the ground from South America, right up past the Arctic Circle, for all I know. It is difficult, if not impossible, to eradicate. We will be dealing with these types of outbreaks from time to time, particularly with bison, because we are trying to manage a specie that is basically undomesticated, and free-roaming. With any type of management program like that, it is very difficult to manage in any controlled, measured way. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 220-12(4): Contraction Of Anthrax By Mackenzie Bison
In the Legislative Assembly on December 7th, 1993. See this statement in context.
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Question 220-12(4): Contraction Of Anthrax By Mackenzie Bison
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 6th, 1993
Page 484
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