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elk: Elk roaming Northern Arizona - 04/09/08 03:53 PM
 
The Majestic Elk were at one time the most widely distributed member of the deer family in North America. It is estimated that there were an estimated to total of 10 million Elk before European man arrived in what was to become the United States. The great reduction in elk numbers is attributable to market hunting and agriculture. A population low of 90,000 occurred in 1922, of these, 40,000 were in Yellowstone Park. The Park's herds became a reservoir for stocking breeding elk. Between 1912 and 1967 more than 13,500 elk were transplanted from the Park. In February 1913, 83 elk … (2 comments)

 

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