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> Just as many Buffalo as there are cows today. I’m very skeptical of this. Citation needed please.
by crakenzak 5y ago
> Just as many Buffalo as there are cows today.
I’m very skeptical of this. Citation needed please.
- missedthecue 5y agoApparently as many as 100 million on the American plains once upon a time, according to Google
- lovemenot 5y agoI wonder how many bison there were before the last Ice Age. Before the land-bridge and before humans from Asia arrived with their slash-and-burn.
- alex_young 5y agoWikipedia cites ~60M bison pre-1800 [1] USDA ~93M cattle currently [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison#Hunting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison#Hunting [2] https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2021/01-29-2021.php https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2021/01-29-2021.php
- littlestymaar 5y agoIs the 60M figure for what is now the US or for all North America ? If that's the latter, you'd need to add Canadian cattle as well, around 11M[1]. [1] https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/canadas-agriculture-sectors/animal-industry/red-meat-and-livestock-market-information/inventories https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/canadas-agriculture-sectors...