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Bison to roam Siberia again
"In a way, it's like they're coming home,"- Vasily Tikhonov, biologist
"We were glad to help. It's always exciting when you can help restore an area to how it was thousands of years ago and increase biodiversity,"- Vasily Tikhonov, biologist
"We were glad to help. It's always exciting when you can help restore an area to how it was thousands of years ago and increase biodiversity,"
Yakutsk, Russia - More than 10,000 years ago, Asian bison crossed the Bering Strait land bridge and spread out across the great plains of North America.
A few thousand years later, they died out in Siberia, victims of over-hunting. Now, thanks to a Canadian donation of 30 of the hairy beasts, this vast tundra will once again echo with the rumble of bison hooves.
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