3 Yukon bison died after slipping down icy hill, officials say

Conservation officers trust they have dynamic what caused a deaths of 3 bison found nearby Haines Junction early final month.

Their bodies were detected southwest of Aishihik Lake on Feb. 9 by contractors operative in a area. 

There was no pointer of tellurian interference.

“From a marks in a snow, it seemed that a flock of bison had been on a tip side of a shallow and started operative their approach down a mountain and began sliding,” charge officer T.J. Grantham told Leonard Linklater, horde of Midday Café on CBC Radio.

Ice thicker than normal 

It appears 3 of a bison slipped over a 4.5 metre embankment, before tumbling another 300 metres down a hill.

Officers say rain and frozen temperatures caused about 2.5 centimetres of ice rave in a area. 

“We had that surprising continue settlement via a winter, and privately adult here in Haines Junction,” pronounced Grantham. “There’s a thick covering of ice on those hillsides creation things intensely slippery.”

He pronounced a ice is creation things formidable for other animals as well.

“I consider all a animals that are depending on those slopes are going to be carrying a tough time this winter —sheep, bison, deer — anything that’s perplexing to get by that thick covering of ice is going to be carrying a formidable winter for sure.”

Grantham pronounced officers left a passed bison behind, that should assistance a few other animals find something to eat.

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