The scientists reckon purebreds could replace hybrids within 20 years. This would better animal health, improve the environment, create new economic opportunities and ensure the animal many Indigenous peoples consider sacred thrives
“The animal of our ancestors – not some deformity that we created 100 years ago," says Blaine Favel, a Cree man who has worked in politics, academics, business and Indigenous circles and who is involved with the project. “It’s our spiritual brother."
Dr. Adams says he believes the project could produce 300 purebred calves over five years. Add another 15 years and Dr. Adams hopes there will be enough purebreds to cull hybrids out of existence and replace them with genetically pure bison. Some settlers, about a century ago, crossbred bison with cattle in hopes of making their cattle herds more resilient in the cold climate.
On their ancestral turf, they are healthier, fatter and their reproduction rates have gone up, Ms. Bacheschi says. The keystone species graze hard and their reintroduction has diversified the area’s plants. Animals on in the park are also returning to their old ways, with bison bunched together, some bulls wandering separately, and coyotes following at a distance.The herd grows by about 28 per cent a year, Ms. Bacheschi says, in part because it has no natural predators in the park.
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