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Halton where the buffalo roam Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec 3 St Joseph a Separate School put on a Rood show fur parents and siblings In Robert Little auditorium The crowd enjoyed everything from gift wrapped children top lo live lree middle left middle right and stars and men Ml children In school took pari in he ciiimrl Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area near Milton was the first Ontario home for buffalo to roam Now years later offspring from Ontario first natural herd can be seen at various parks zoos and North America largest hoofed animal the buffalo roamed the wilderness for thousands of on a range hat extended from Northern Mexico to Great Slave Lake from the Rockies to the Appalachians Buffalo foraged the American section of the Niagara Escarpment until settlers drove them westward in early 1000s At their peak buffalo numbered over million But in the last half of ihe nineteenth the population dropped from countless millions lo less than GOO head By Ihe lurn of the century i he conservation minded were beginning lo lament ihe buffalo extermination Canada s first herd was started Banff in when the Canadian Government was presented three a Ives from Texas In ihe Government purchased a herd from Subsequent herds ringing in size from a few lo almost a hundred were acquired Today for the pari there are no wild buffalo the survivor are carefully protected in parks and private herds In Canada there are some lo buffalo mosl of I hem bet ween Woodland and species In October visually portray buffalo story of near extinction and wildlife preservation Ha I ton Region Conservation Authority ii ported five buffalo a bull and four from Wood Buffalo Nitional Park The first herd was established on a acre Point Con Area tht herd could graze centuries old style Twnveirshtcr the herd almost doubled in size when all four cows give birth The timeless ritual tontine d with born sue spring The experiment proved so thai in 1974 the herd was split and Cooperative learning finances are studied education operative education fenngs of defined as the re- education winch caught contracts were two of Ihe siurce the school and rustics eye There issues examined by lor is Millions representatives of the for girls in f fice during board if students went innal and practice There is also i year as wot ill interests building course in member Ihe can obtain first which students I elp build Hon Large School hand technical ex i 1 use in Ontario education example at ording in Is ill ds discussed by the as curriculum inmmliiee f which equipped is Willi Us in and committee in offer the dividual teacher con Iruslee mould trade be- Tads and collective is Ihltwi board s repre seulnlne f the lack f agreements Deputy Oliver retires committee also Ik til early in superannuat inn funds Hie is also After years as a Oliver was also of asking province hi policeman Deputy Chief the founders and a hold up changes v Oliver is commander if roWARF wilh up Ins badge Trafalgar anil respect to Special Deputy resig Water Air Rescue tducation until the nation was approved by j rce implications Regional Police plans i relax In changes for other minis Commissioners during i perhaps 1r and funding is Thursday meeting i on golfing TV interference from Hydro line TV viewers who have Ontario Hydro east west line them from their favonle stations m experience some reception problems according to a citizen group ThelnttresedCiti7cns group ICG claimed this week Ontario Hydro boosted ihe power on the Ninticoke Pickering line to kV from what was They ire experimenting according to ICG spokesmin John Minns of Glen Williams The hike The Picktrmg line runs west Milton north border The ICG opposed con of line during an Ontario Municipal Board hearing So did Hills and Halton Region There is only one circuit on the east west line so far Thai line featurts bundled conductors of four one inch wiresmlhree phases People now expect to have television in in areas near lo the line on channels two Ihrce and four where line stands between the receiverand transmitter said Minns He said people with complaints should write to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission Oliver his Jinuary He holds the position or deputy chief in charge support services He has ilso been the depulj in of administration and in charge or He became a deputy Ihe forma lion of the llnlton force blurting 1962 when Trafalgar Township forces joined he became chief of Ihe new force Me started his police career as a illi the township force in He was past president of the Ontario Assocla lion thiefs of Police He also sal on com millers for Ihe Canadian and the international social ion of police chiefs vacation The more you look The more you like motors SALES and SERVICE 3473S1 Queen Street Acton 8534200 Family Cleaners DOWNTOWN ACTON several buffalo were shipped to Wildlife Centre Now of these one Ion animals roam Rattlesnake and half lhal number residcal Seven I buffalo mostly ihe offspring of the original bull Bashful Bobby his named turned out lo be a misnomer have been sold or donated by the Authority Some of ihe new homes include Beach Zoo Zoo and Confederation Park in Hamilton A sad surrounds shipment of a buffalo lo l he New Brunswick Zoo in St John s A baby buffalo named Billy was earmarked for shipment lo New Brunswick a week of tempting the youngster with corn and hay into a cage trap Billy shot tranquillizing gun Billy never woke up after the dirt hit him One of his half brothers look ride lo the zoo Bob Edmonds on the Authority s Wildlife Biologist explained that buffalo ire one of the most difficult because their size and weight can lie misleading when served at a distance in the field and proper dosage is difficult to be- Also if the buffalo foils on its side after being tranquillized animals great weight pushing the lungs can literally Ihe life of In the Fall of 1973 another buffalo was subdued before shipment to a private individual When animal fell Ihe or the tranquillizer dart it started choking on grain it had eaten beforehand To the rescue came Authority members Martin Wcrnaart and Bob and Dr Norman Fish Professor of Velermary Sciences at the University of Guclph who was ihe tranquillizing operation After IS minutes of respiration by massage the animal breathed again Although buffalo as a rule are easy going creatures they are A case in is when an Authority staff member misjudged the mood of a buffalo during a feeding period and consequently found himself up a tree looking down at angry beast Signs were creeled around the and Rattlesnake com pounds warning visitors about the buffalo volatile nature Not all he Authority buffalo were sold into a life of leisure in parks and zoos Other animals were sold or donated to the University of Guelph Acton High School students who t slip away last ridy were entertained by the grade during the annual Christmas concert The one stumbling of these hybrids are block is lhal the offspring usually sterile mo Re for buffalo for lo Boh Met lo increase his herd on his farm Management ami Staff everyone a Happy and Prosperous Year MARCH BREAK SPACE Nassau Sat March 16 from Buffalo Puerto Rico from Toronto Sat March 15 Sun March from Toronto Sat March 15 Sun March 16 Orlando from Toronto St Petes from Toronto Thurs March 13 Fn March Sat March Sun March 16 Sat March West Palm Beach from Toronto Thurs March 13 March Tampa Sun March 16 nan TRAVEL SERVICE 851663 Program for cross breeding In addition two young bulls were slaughtered for meat which was given to a Hamilton Medical Centre for consumption by persons who were to most common types of meal Efforts lo domesticate buffalo date back lo 19th Cenlury Europe but be cause of Ihe animal s sometimes capricious all attempts failed However cross breeding of buffalo with has had some success These hybrids called either when an Asiatic Yak is introduced in the cross breeding chain produce more meal less fat than ordinary beef cattle Frontier Florist Garden Centre RR Ont 151918222361 Floral Designs Weddings Funerals May your New Year be framed love peace and prosperity Order Your new Years Eve CORSAGES ARK CHEATS CHOCOLATES CHOCOLATES CHOCOLATES Moits Pot of Gold CHOCOLATES BLACK MAGIC Rowntree AFTER EIGHT MINTS Dairy Box MILK CHO Smiles n Chuckles TURTLES drug mart 294 QUEEN ST EAST ACTON 8532220 lights brighten the landscape shining a message of brotherhood and love to all the They express too our thanks for your kindness from Brian and Sheila Jim and Barb Doug and Dons Brett Goodlet and Doug Cousens GOODLETS