Posted on 04/29/2021 5:48:20 PM PDT by mac_truck
The National Park Service is calling on hunters to volunteer in order to reduce the number of bison living on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim.
The herd of bison has been living on the North Rim since the 1990s and has long been a source of frustration for park managers, scientists and conservationists.
Descendants of bison that were brought to northern Arizona in 1906, park officials estimate the herd could be as large as 800 animals. And park officials worry about the herd’s growing impact on water, vegetation, soils and archaeological sites.
Reducing the number of bison, which are considered non-native to the area, will protect the park’s ecosystem, resources and values, according to the national park.
Still, local environmental and conservation groups have long called for nonlethal methods of removing the bison.
The park captured and relocated 57 bison to Native American tribal nations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota just last year. At that time, 11 bison were also equipped with tracking collars. Since the park began managing the herd in 2019, a total of 88 animals have been relocated.
But now, in a media release, park officials said they are looking for skilled volunteers to assist with lethal removal of some of the bison.
(Excerpt) Read more at azdailysun.com ...
Just stampede them off the cliff like in the olden times.
What about the Jackalopes?
Use them to train your kids for knife fights.
Very interesting!
Put em in New York City and let them fight with the rats for leftover pizza.
Sounds like they need wolves.
Do you get to keep the kill?
Well, I never even knew they had any buffalo in Alaska!
Okay, if you really need me...
Sell a few ‘Harvest Permits.
Raise a pile of money for conservation, youth marksmanship, feed the homeless etc...
A waste of some very tasty meat.
“The park captured and relocated 57 bison to Native American tribal nations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota just last year. At that time, 11 bison were also equipped with tracking collars. Since the park began managing the herd in 2019, a total of 88 animals have been relocated.”
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I’m glad they’re dispersing them to different herds. It’s important to maintain good genetic diversity in different locations and minimize inbreeding.
“Still, local environmental and conservation groups have long called for nonlethal methods of removing the bison.”
Idiots. They weigh nearly a ton and can stomp a human being into a puddle of goo in seconds. Let the “environmental group” try to capture them.
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Send some to Chicago .... probably need some genetic diversity there.
Put them in O’Bummer’s old neighborhood. It’ll raise the IQ level by a few points.
Just stampede them off the cliff like in the olden times.
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Interesting book.
https://www.getbookdirect.com/download/imagining-head-smashed-in/
Bison and bacon burger...
They’re big, mean, strong, irascible beasts.
I can’t imagine taking them on with spears and bows/arrows.
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