American buffalo
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The wildlife service has compared lake sturgeon losses to the mass destruction of the American buffalo.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024
At the end of the 18th century, according to modern estimates, the American buffalo population numbered around 60 million, with herds roaming freely across North America.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023
A series of semiabstract paintings on paper by Gary Panter — the underground comic artist and designer for the TV show “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” — pertain to the extinction of the American buffalo.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014
Their real plan was to bring back the American buffalo, or ship Chile’s water to Africa.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 17, 2014
In days gone by the American buffalo, or bison, roamed nearly the entire length and breadth of North America.
From On the Trail of Pontiac by Stratemeyer, Edward
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
