[SJackson]

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[SJackson]

Not sure what reparations has to do with it.

[G Larry]

What a bunch of BULL!

[I-ambush]

My first scan of the headline was “14 billion”

[Vision]

Indigenous tribes are not indigenous they are from Asia. They did not pop out of the ground like daisy’s.

[PAR35]

Ted Turner’s buffalo meat restaurants not open any more?

[Kozak]

Cool.
So that the indians can hunt them, maybe by driving them off a cliff.

[anthropocene_x]

I love bison. Beautiful creatures. A shame they were exterminated across their home. Thanks for posting.

(Flamers may take a number)

[SaxxonWoods]

I know a guy in far west Colorado who has a nice herd of them. Impressive, scary fast and powerful creatures. His annual roundups are something to see. He says they do not become domesticated. His herd dogs are awesome. The meat he sells is very good.

[Tupelo]

Being an NPR story & this being 2021 Denver, my guess is the “reparations” label was tagged in to make Denver look look even more woke.
since Denver has had the herd(s) for a century or more and have held auctions every year since I can remember, I suspect the ‘surplus’ buffalo came from a shortage of buyers this year due to Chinese Flu restrictions.

[montag813]

How many scalps will the tribes send back?

[NormsRevenge]

Ummmm,, Bacon.. Uhhh Bison.

[butlerweave]

They’ll be in the Tribe’s freezer before the fall

[Leep]

was it with proviso they don’t drive them off a cliff?

[Trumpet 1]

Denver has a herd of Bison located on either side of I-70 about 20 miles west of the downtown State Capital. They are cool to see on the way to Genesee and Evergreen.

[Georgia Girl 2]

A good solution. But they didn’t need to call it reparations.

[shotgun]

Nice gesture but how much actual money did they send along with the herd? In all my dealings with various tribes every negotiation came down to how much money they were going to get on top of all the other stuff that was conceded.

[Gnome1949]

Be careful what you wish for. Bison are dangerous and unpredictable. It takes a monster fence to keep them enclosed. They can jump a six-foot fence without a running start. Many people who have bought them have regretted it. They are not the docile, grazing animals you think they are.

[bert]

Lacking any way to actually do good, Denver virtue signals with animal surrogates

[Daffynition]

FWIW, lots of folks here in the NEK have buffalo. The beasts don't mind the bitter cold; they seem to thrive.