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Jilly_in_VA

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10. They still

Reply to DenaliDemocrat (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 21, 2022, 08:20 PM

Nov 2022

behave like wild bison, so for all intents and purposes they are. Stop it.

A lot of the bison you get in supermarkets may come from Ted Turner's ranch in Montana, which is huge. He has, or had, the largest private herd in the country, and managed them pretty much as the indigenous people do, letting them run free on his property. He employs a lot of Native hands to look after them. I give him props for this.

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Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship [View all] Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 OP

Thank god for such people packman Nov 2022 #1

The tribe I work with just got a small herd GusBob Nov 2022 #2

Yes, the National Bison Range is so beautiful. Not only lots of bison but such incredibly ratchiweenie Nov 2022 #24

Gonna take a bunch of them to make the prairie healthy again. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #3

And the minute they wander off the reservations... SergeStorms Nov 2022 #5

The article states that they'll be slaughtered on the reservation by tribal members NickB79 Nov 2022 #12

So they won't be slaughtered for trophies... SergeStorms Nov 2022 #18

They are fenced in GusBob Nov 2022 #34

Native Americans RobinA Nov 2022 #25

True that GusBob Nov 2022 #35

I like it republianmushroom Nov 2022 #4

As the soutnern part of the Ogalalla aquifer dries up Warpy Nov 2022 #6

Nice little herd of bison at Caprock State Park in Texas .. Bo Zarts Nov 2022 #7

Ted Turner started a project here in NM Warpy Nov 2022 #17

Sadly all of these animals are DenaliDemocrat Nov 2022 #8

Have you got proof of that TexLaProgressive Nov 2022 #9

They're all contaminated by cattle genes NickB79 Nov 2022 #14

Contaminated?? RobinA Nov 2022 #26

Domestic cattle genes are undesirable in wild bison NickB79 Nov 2022 #27

Henry Mountain Herd VGNonly Nov 2022 #30

Excellent to hear! NickB79 Nov 2022 #33

Do you even do a bit of research DenaliDemocrat Nov 2022 #19

They still Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 #10

They are NOT the same animal that roamed the plains DenaliDemocrat Nov 2022 #20

At this point, it's the best we've got though NickB79 Nov 2022 #21

Interesting on the chestnuts DenaliDemocrat Nov 2022 #22

Are humans "contaminated" with Neanderthal DNA not human? hunter Nov 2022 #16

As are the Catalina Bison pfitz59 Nov 2022 #31

Even the Marines have some pfitz59 Nov 2022 #32

We were in Yellowstone last year mcar Nov 2022 #11

Now that made me smile Bettie Nov 2022 #13

Excellent news. Thanks, Jilly Hekate Nov 2022 #15

I have read that they are almost un-fenceable... albacore Nov 2022 #23

Not an expert but GusBob Nov 2022 #28

Such magnificent animals. Paladin Nov 2022 #29

stewardship is a rather loaded term when it comes to natural resources dembotoz Nov 2022 #36