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Disturbing footage shows train running over dozens of antelope

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Disturbing footage obtained by Global News, and taken from what appears to be the front of a Canadian Pacific Railway train, shows the train running over dozens of antelope as they attempt to run away.The train’s horn can be heard blaring as it approaches the herd, but the animals continue on their path.Wildlife expert and Lethbridge College Dean Terry Kowalchuk said an inability to veer off course or jump over barriers is actually a known behaviour of antelope, which renders them helpless in a situation like this.

2 CN Rail crew members struck by vehicle while repairing track near Edmonton “Antelope are the fastest land mammals on the continent,” he explained. “Because of that, their instinct is just to outrun things.

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