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Home on the range - in this case Rattle-snake Conservation area in Halton county - these buffalo appear to be thriving far from their native rangeland(...)
Home on the range - in this case Rattle-snake Conservation area in Halton county - these buffalo appear to be thriving far from their native rangeland(...)

Home on the range - in this case Rattle-snake Conservation area in Halton county - these buffalo appear to be thriving far from their native rangeland(...)

Date6/12/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Home on the range - in this case Rattle-snake Conservation area in Halton county - these buffalo appear to be thriving far from their native rangelands in Alberta. However; Bashful Bobby; bull of herd; failed to live up to his name and chased our photographer; forcing him to take shelter in a bog. Plans to further development of conservation areas in the Credit Valley area were revealed yesterday at Terra Cotta by George Kerr; minister of resources.
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It's the first taste of snow for the cheetahs, and they don't like it as they huddle on the only area clear of the stuff in their compound. The African natives arrived at Metro Zoo last June
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Mangrove snake
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A person on a bicycle rides through a heavily wooded area.
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1909
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It was hard to tell who was more interested in whom as cross-county skiers Elizabeth Rhind (left) and Diane Hudson passed
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