1884 Alexander Begg suggested a "zoological branch" be constructed near Banff. Mostly made maintain the buffalo herd. In 1907 12K people visited. The "zoo" north of the townsite of Banff and was a 3 mile square enclosure. It had 79 buffalo, 15 moose, 11 elk, 7 mule deer, 4 persian goats, 6 angora goats and two mountain lions.
With the extermination of the great buffalo herds a few years before there was concern that all wildlife might have the same fate.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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