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Oh, give me a home: Canada’s bison have nowhere to go
Restaurant closures have rocked the bison sector, with prices down by a quarter and a backlog building
The pandemic’s effect on the bison industry has been “absolutely staggering” over the past two months. “Our slaughter numbers in federal plants are down 81 per cent over this time last year,” said Steven Lunty, chair of Bison Producers of Alberta. “That means if we processed 100 animals in April of 2019, we processed 19 […] Read more