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Do you realize that the US native buffalo population used to be as high as 30 to 60 million before we decimated them? 30 to 60. million. grazers. Roaming the c
by Solvency 3y ago
Do you realize that the US native buffalo population used to be as high as 30 to 60 million before we decimated them?
30 to 60. million. grazers. Roaming the countryside, eating and pooping and fertilizing our soil. Remember when the US had some of the most fertile, nutrient-rich soil in the entire world? Remember how perfectly balanced our ecosystem was before we ruined it?
The issue is not ruminants. It's everything else we've done to this planet throwing everything life carefully manicured into disarray.
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- nullhole 3y agoOn the plus side there are a lot more people who get to be alive now.
- Faaak 3y agothere are ~90M cattle in the US, so more than before ?
- justinclift 3y agoWonder much the average buffalo consumes vs the average cow? It's probably relevant in order to provide some kind of scaling factor. :)
- alan-hn 3y agoProbably more, considering they're likely similar mass but migrate more than cows do who are usually relatively confined
- darth_avocado 3y agoWe eat about 40 million cows and 125 million pigs every year, and more than 8 Billion chicken. These are just the ones that are killed each year, the actual livestock inventory is much higher for cows, around 90 million cows. We absolutely will have to cut back production if we want to "sustainably" farm cattle.
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