Posted on 08/14/2005 6:59:30 AM PDT by Shawndell Green
Nice story for a Sunday AM.
BTTT
Good news!
Believe it or not, Catalina Island out here in so. california had a very large free roaming bison heard. How you ask? They were brought over for a movie shoot in the 1920's and never rounded up. I dont know how many there are now but 30 years ago there were several hundred.
I am hoping that it continues to grow in popularity and starts supplanting beef as a product. I can only get it in specialty stores right now. Bison burgers are really good.
They also had the wild boars from the movie still roaming the north side of Catalina island as well. I ran into one when I was camping on the north side of the island in the 80's.
Good night, what a story!
This is a good work. The species should be saved for it's own merit but it also is true that bison is delicious. I live in a part of Connecticut (believe it or not) where I have a choice of three restaurants that serve bison and I am only 30 miles from a working bison ranch.
Harvey Wallbanger Jr. BUMP!
Has anyone seen HW Jr? He is a show buffalo that does stunts and races and beats this old gray horse in a 200 meter dash. Pretty neat show to watch.
Am I the only one that thinks the breathless dithering trying to find "Goodnight bloodlines" to introduce back into this herd is stupid?
They act like it's a seperate species. The herd needs some diversity, but not just any diversity, it HAS to be more of the same diversity.
Why?
PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals
It should be a crime to overcook a good steak.
Best end for a cow or bison is sizzling on a hot grill.
Some salt, pepper and a loaded baked potato on the side. YumYum.
Save the rabbit food for the Vegans.
Why?
It was in the story. Other blood lines have been mixed with cow and are not pure bison.
Ping.
Better protection than our southern border.
1858: Disease wipes out the middle herd of bison, dividing the bison into a northern and southern herd. The two herds never join again.
What was the disease I wonder, besides lead poisoning?
Are you sure it was from purebreed stock? I heard real bison has a strongh gamey taste and kinda tough while those that are interbreed with angus cows have a smoother taste. I'm willing to say it was a mixed breed. Just my opinion.
Probably so but I don't care if it was Great Dane, it was delicious.
If I remember my history, the division between the northern herd and the southern herd came about not by disease, but by the transcontinental railroad. For some reason the herds refused to cross the tracks and broke up into the two groups. I have seen the same reaction in cattle.
If we loose these, there are still large numbers of Wood Buffalo in Canada and Alaska.
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