To Save the Wild Bison
Mary Ann Franke
309 pages, hardcover: $29.95
University of Oklahoma Press, 2005.
Mary Ann Franke
traces the controversial history of Yellowstone National
Park’s bison, the only wild bison herd that’s persisted
since pre-Columbus days. Praised as a potent restorer of
biodiversity, the animals have also been persecuted as transmitters
of disease; dozens of bison that wander outside the park are killed
each year. Franke critiques modern management techniques, which
treat the animals like so many Herefords and ignore the ancient
relationship between American Indians and bison.
To Save the Wild Bison
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