“An estimated 60 million bison once roamed the plains of North America before white settlers decimated the population. Bison were often hunted directly from trains after the construction of the American railroads in the 1800s.

The slaughter eventually reduced the population to just a few hundred in the 1880s. Thanks to conservation efforts, the population has now recovered to about half a million, the vast majority of which are privately owned. There are 420,000 commercially owned bison, compared to 20,500 in conservation herds.”

It’s a war between rich ranchers and rich conservationists. The Bison’s 🦬 existence, as it is indigenous, is an affront to European settlers that want European cattle herds to replace it and graze its native lands.