bison
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Today, about 80% of America’s roughly quarter-million bison live on private ranches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
By the time Turner died, he owned about 45,000—the largest private herd in the world, and about 1 of every 5 bison in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ranchers led by Ted Turner revived a bison population government had done little to save.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Government today still manages fewer than 1 in 10 American bison, some 20,000 animals, a number that has hardly grown in a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I left for school under the benevolent gaze not only of Mother but also of bright-eyed otters and burly American bison and stretching and yawning orangutans.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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