Officials announced a deal Thursday to let a small number of bison migrate through a private ranch bordering Yellowstone National Park, sparing the animals from slaughter under a disease control program that has claimed more than 3,000 bison since 2000.
Bison advocates and environmental groups requested a moratorium Thursday on the continued slaughter of bison migrating from the west side of Yellowstone National Park.
A government report released Wednesday faulted state and federal bureaucracies for failing to stop the slaughter of bison leaving Yellowstone National Park — even as the number of animals killed this year set a new record.
Yellowstone National Park's bison herd has bounced back to near-record levels following the slaughter of more than 1,000 animals two winters ago to guard against the spread of disease, park administrators said Monday.
After an absence of more than a century, wild bison were returned to Colorado's Front Range on Saturday in full view of Denver's skyline.
Calls state government out on bison slaughter!
According to conservation scientist Gary Paul Nabhan, the best way to save more than 1,000 plants and animals on the edge of extinction is by creating a market demand for them. In other words... Slice them up and slap them on the grill. Source: npr.org
GARDINER, Montana (April 29) -- More than half of Yellowstone National Park's bison herd has died since last fall, forcing the government to suspend its annual slaughter program.More than 700 of the iconic animals starved or otherwise died on the mountainsides during an unusually …
DENVER - Dozens of bison have been slaughtered in the mountains of south central Colorado in what police described Thursday as a possible illegal hunt.
Early American settlers called bison "bufello" due to the similar appearance between the two animals, and the name "buffalo" stuck for the American variety. But it's wrong.
Bison, in case you don't know, is The Other Bovine Red Meat, with roughly the nutritional profile of boneless chicken breast - in other words, what you might expect in a perfect world.
MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) -- A southwest Idaho woman accused of setting fire to a mounted bison head at her ex-husband's home faces arson charges. Police arrested Ryann Jean Stafford, 26, Thursday on a charge of third-degree arson, a felony.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- As the clock ticked toward zero, more than 30,000 North Dakota State fans roared their approval inside the Metrodome. The final score read: North Dakota State 27, Minnesota 21. It was an emphatic statement that the NDSU's oft-questioned move from Division II …
"I know about the little guys in green coming to Minnesota ... a lot of the psycho-drama that [the media] loves to play out," Brewster said. "Well, you know what? We're going to be ready to play."
North Dakota State's self-imposed 24-hour rule expired at 4:47 p.m. on Sunday. That meant the Bison could officially look ahead to the University of Minnesota game on Saturday.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A backpacker fell prey to one of Southern California's lesser-known hazards: being gored by an American bison on Santa Catalina Island.
The New York Times reports that on "fancy china and in hot dog rolls and burger buns, buffalo is finally coming of age as an alternative red meat." Part of the reason, the Times reports, is that buffalo is more healthful than beef.
Intresting information on wolves and balance in the environment
Wild bison are to be brought back to the US plains for land management purposes.
A few weeks ago, before Chrys left for Nebraska, we took a trip to Granville Island to get a haircut and look around and we came across a fantastic new booth.
On a rolling stretch of prairie grassland, a stone's throw from nowhere, a circle that was broken more than a century ago was reconnected Wednesday with the release of 72 pure-blooded plains bison to the land where their ancestors once flourished.
Thirty wood bison from Elk Island National Park in northern Alberta will soon be taking the trip of a lifetime – halfway around the world to northeastern Siberia.