Starting & Managing a Bison Operation Five Important Areas for Every Effective Bison Manager

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Starting & Managing a Bison Operation

Five Important Areas for Every Effective Bison Manager

The origin of the buffalo is somewhat unclear, but we all agree bison are one of the most important animals in the development of North America. The bison history is very complex and full of politics, greed, economics and good intentions. In a period of 40 years the bison herd went from an estimated 60 million in the mid 1800’s to fewer than 1,000 by 1880. The last wild plains bison was shot in southwestern Manitoba in about 1883. Thanks to the individuals such as Samuel Walking Coyote, Charles Allard, Michael Pablo, James McKay, Charles Alloway, Samuel Bedson, Charles Goodnight,”Pete” Duprée and others who recoginized the value of bison, they are no longer an endangered species. Bison once again are the centre of many Canadian and American lives.

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