Researchers got concerned when they examined the genetic diversity of fishermen on the
Olympic Peninsula six years after the translocation. did. Open at both ends, he has 4,444
triangular boxes, with a chicken leg in the center as bait, and wire brushes protruding from both
sides to grab tufts of hair. Happe and Lewis say DNA analysis of fur has raised alarms about
inbreeding.
"Models showed that up to 50% of genetic diversity could be lost, and populations would
disappear in about 100 years," he says. To expand the gene pool, the team has brought 20
more fishermen to the Olympic Peninsula in his 2021. These animals came from Alberta, but the
founding population came from British Columbia.