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Posted on July 29, 2022 at 1:02 pm
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Parks Canada says it is monitoring an anthrax outbreak in remote areas of Wood Buffalo National Park.
The agency says staff have observed at least 59 bison carcasses in the park and the deaths are suspected to be caused by anthrax.
A laboratory has confirmed the presence of anthrax in three of the dead bison.
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The park, the country’s largest national park, stretches from northeastern Alberta to the Northwest Territories.
Parks Canada says resource conservation staff are conducting daily flights to monitor the extent of the outbreak.
An aerial view of Fort Chipewyan is shown on Sept. 19, 2011, on the boundary of Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta. Jeff McIntosh, THE CANADIAN PRESS
A national incident management team is assisting with the removal of the channels.
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It says the risk to the public remains low and visitor facilities accessible by road remain safe.
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