The Death Of Bison

At one point their population numbered in the tens of millions, the Great Plains of North America their habitat and domain. They were the bison, also known as the American buffalo, and were the native inhabitants of the Great Western Plains. Benefiting from plentiful land and resources, the bison flourished for several millennia before humans inhabited their land. Their territory was extensive, but the 19^th century would prove fatal for the vast majority of the bison population. Hunted to near extinction by American market hunters, the once massive bison population was reduced to a mere 1,000 by the turn of the century. Read the rest of the article on the Freshjive site http://blog.freshjive.com/2011/11/the-death-of-the-bison/.