Aleutian wild cattle

Aleutian wild cattle

Aleutian wild cattle are feral wild cattle found on the Alaskan Aleutian islands. Several attempts have been made to round up these cattle for ranching. [cite news |title=NEW CATTLE RANCH IN ALEUTIANS WILL ROUND UP THE WILD HERDS |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F11F8395A127A93C2AB178AD85F4D8285F9 |work=The New York Times |date=1929-01-20 |accessdate=2008-07-05 ] cite news |title=Ranching the Aleutians |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-alaska/282791-1.html |work=Alaska Business Monthly |date=1999-04-01 |accessdate=2008-07-05 ] In 1985–6 the cattle on the Shumagin Islands were eliminated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, [cite news |title=U.S. WILL RESUME KILLING CATTLE ON 3 ALEUTIAN REFUGE ISLANDS |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB726B7E45B00E9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Associated Press |date=1985-09-15 |accessdate=2008-07-05 ] [cite news |title=NATIVE CORPORATION: FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NOT WELCOME |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AS&p_theme=as&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F78983EA856C901&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Anchorage Daily News |date=1986-10-31 |accessdate=2008-07-05 ] but they still remained on Umnak Island and Chirikof Island [cite news |title=Alaska Isle a Corral For Feral Cattle Herd; U.S. Wants to Trade Cows for Birds |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-80866.html |work=The Washington Post |date=2005-10-23 |accessdate=2008-07-05 ]

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