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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 16 > Elks taste for pears gets them ensnared

Elks taste for pears gets them ensnared

In Medford, tasty fruit used to trap problem herd

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
January 16, 2009

MEDFORD — The very thing that prompted a herd of Roosevelt elk to become one of northeast Medford’s most persistent problems may be just what it takes to fix it.

A wildlife biologist is appealing to the elks’ epicurean tastes by using the same high-end pears that....

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