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TIL that between 1924 and 1965, Grand Canyon National Park rangers killed more than 1,800 feral burros in an effort to protect the park’s landscape. Many of the burros were descendants of animals ...
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Original Title: TIL that between 1924 and 1965, Grand Canyon National Park rangers killed more than 1,800 feral burros in an effort to protect the park’s landscape. Many of the burros were descendants of animals brought to the region early Spanish miners and prospectors and used as pack animals.
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