Ellen Lockyer, APRN – AnchorageThe horned, long haired Musk Ox, once plentiful in Alaska, was so over-hunted, that by the mid-19th century, it vanished from Alaska. Efforts to bring back, and to domesticate, the gentle animals began in the 1950s with a few musk oxen captured in Canada. A Palmer farm now provides a safe home for a growing herd and its seven new babies.Download Audio (MP3)
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