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EDMONTON - Alberta wildlife officials want to kill nearly half of one of Canada's few remaining wood bison herds.

They say if the Hay-Zama population in northwestern Alberta continues to expand its range, it will become infected with diseased bison in Wood Buffalo National Park and probably have to be destroyed.

Officials say the herd is also creating a road hazard, with several collisions already reported. The province will issue 300 licences beginning this fall to hunt bison in previously closed areas.