One of two bison that wandered out of Banff National Park earlier this month has been destroyed. The bulls had meandered out of the park in separate directions on Aug. 5, just one week after the herd was released into a 1,200-square-kilometre reintroduction zone in the park's backcountry. "Parks Canada staff made tremendous efforts to encourage the bison bull to return to the national park and closer to the reintroduction zone. "Efforts to reintroduce him to the national park are ongoing," Parks said. They disappeared from the area due to overhunting before the national park was created in 1885.

Source: CBC News August 18, 2018 01:07 UTC