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The Bison is often called a buffalo, but is not at all so. The buffalo does not actually live in the U.S. What people (including our government with the buffalo nickel and the famous song "Home on the Range") often refer to as a buffalo, is really a bison. There are a few major differences between the two. First of all, the bison lives in North America, the buffalo doesn't naturally live here. Second of all, the bison has thick fur and short horns. The buffalo has short fur, and longer curved horns. And third of all, the bison is much bigger than the buffalo. [http://www.thenibble.com/REVIEWS/main/meats/beef/bison.asp#facts] | The Bison is often called a buffalo, but is not at all so. The buffalo does not actually live in the U.S. What people (including our government with the buffalo nickel and the famous song "Home on the Range") often refer to as a buffalo, is really a bison. There are a few major differences between the two. First of all, the bison lives in North America, the buffalo doesn't naturally live here. Second of all, the bison has thick fur and short horns. The buffalo has short fur, and longer curved horns. And third of all, the bison is much bigger than the buffalo. [http://www.thenibble.com/REVIEWS/main/meats/beef/bison.asp#facts] | ||
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== Conservation == | == Conservation == | ||
[[Image:Bison skull.png|thumb|150px|right|Pile of bison skulls waiting to be ground into fertilizer. Just a very small percentage of all the millions of bison slaughtered.]] | |||
The conservation of bison all started when the Canadian government bought a herd of bison in Montana, and moved them to a specially designed bison park. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000784] Also, in 1889 William Hornaday saved the bison that were left, and moved them to the Bronx Zoo (he was the director of the zoo). Then in 1905, the American Bison Society was started. Their mission was to set aside safe land for the bison, and to save them. [http://www.thenibble.com/REVIEWS/main/meats/beef/bison.asp#facts] | The conservation of bison all started when the Canadian government bought a herd of bison in Montana, and moved them to a specially designed bison park. [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000784] Also, in 1889 William Hornaday saved the bison that were left, and moved them to the Bronx Zoo (he was the director of the zoo). Then in 1905, the American Bison Society was started. Their mission was to set aside safe land for the bison, and to save them. [http://www.thenibble.com/REVIEWS/main/meats/beef/bison.asp#facts] | ||
