Дата: 21-09-2022, 15:29
Hunters slaughtered bison across the good Plains by the thousands, slicing the inhabitants from 30 million to only over 1,000 by 1890 [source: American Bison Society]. Because they grew to become so scarce and bison extinction seemed imminent, Theodore Roosevelt, William Hornaday and different men formed the American Bison Society in 1905 to make sure the species' survival. By that time, the Bronx Zoo and Yellowstone Nationwide Park had additionally established bison preserves, and in 1908, the federal government created the National Bison Vary in Montana. Ironically, these conservation efforts wouldn't change into the driving pressure behind the bison population comeback.