You will also find them in healthy numbers in Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles. Hollywood put them there for movies also, now they are a tourist attraction and occasionally attack the wierd buses that take tourists up the road.
rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > American Bison are far from extinct, although they were pushed very close > to the edge of extinction. There are numerous herds in North America, > although their numbers are far lower than the were 150 years ago. Even in > the 1960's one could buy "buffalo" meat in some areas, Yellowstone National > park has a fair number of the creatures, and even Golden Gate Park in San > Francisco has a small herd. Buffalo meat is now widely available in > supermarkets in various parts of the US. In the forty years since I first > tasted the meat the availability has spread widely. > > Buffalo meat is quite tasty, lower in fat than beef, and lower in > cholesterol than some beef and other meat, and is not treated with hormones > and crap like so much of the beef cattle is. If you're a meat eater, try > to find some and enjoy a taste. You may find it preferable to a lot of the > beef that's on the market. > > Interesting note: In the movie "Dances With Wolves" there are scenes > depicting large numbers of buffalo being hunted. Amongst, and perhaps > leading that group, was a small herd owned by Neil Young, the Canadian > musician. > > Shel > > > > >>[Original Message] >>From: K.Takeshita > > >>While this is wildly OT (usually, title and the contents part each other > > in > >>a matter of hours in this list :-), this is interesting history, but > > sorry, > >>I got lost somewhere. >>Are bison now extinct (or near extinct) or just endangered specie? >>I thought I saw a lot of them in western movies in their hey days. > > > > -- Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man? - Mitch Hedberg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
