Return of the American Bison
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2018
- *Winner of a 2019 Heartland Emmy® Award*
North America's largest mammal, the American bison, is an enduring symbol of the Great Plains. Bison once ranged from Canada to New Mexico and from Nevada to the Appalachian Mountains. By 1889, their populations were reduced from 30 to 60 million animals to fewer than 1000. Bison were pushed to the brink of extinction by a number of factors, including over hunting by hide hunters, trains, competition with cattle and horses, and disease. Bison survived near extinction with the help of prescient Native Americans and early conservationists who worked to protect the species through effective federal wildlife management policy. Today bison are considered a conservation success story. More than 500,000 bison now live on the Great Plains in protected herds that range on national, state, local, and private lands, and in 2016 President Obama codified the bison’s place in America’s cultural imagination by signing a law making bison the country’s first national mammal.
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As a 7th generation rancher here in Texas it makes me proud to be making the transition from cattle to bison. The job feels that SO much more spiritual than raising/breeding other animals.
Is it profitable? Do you sell their meat?
Perhaps you know some Texas ranchers own the exotic african and asian animals ranches. Some of animals escaped in the country so Texas gained new species like nilgai .
THAT's a beautiful thing...to hear. The Spiritual side of it..says it all. 7th generation!! WOW!
They r majestic animals for sure magic
Cool
Thanks for bringing the buffalo back to the plains! Hope they keep growing in large numbers, remain strong, and return to roam the earth as they did before. Glad to see so many people working together to ensure their success. Bless them! The earth smiles again.
Bison. Not Buffalo
@@mairinmazzieshearysmith6642 same thing?
Still incredibly few in the wild, most buffalo/bison, whatever, are domesticated and farmed. Not true wild Buffalo. 🦬
As a young American, I’m so happy and proud to see the corrections and hard work these individuals make to make such a profound impact on my continent.
This shouldn’t make you proud of the United States. It should make you ashamed for nearly annihilating Buffalo in the first place. We didn’t kill them for energy. We killed them to sabotage the natives.
I worked with bison on a ranch in Wyoming for eight years....never tired of watching them in thier natural state when roaming the pastures....the calves every spring.....it was and always will be a very cherished memory....our greedy ways have not stopped....we need to live in balance with the ecosystems that support us.....not too late
Glad to see these magnificent beasts thriving once more.
Time to shoot 'em!
At their peak they outnumbered humans
The only American enviroment.
As a former USPS ranger at Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota I was a bit surprised that the herd there and in Custer State Park were not mentioned. I used to work with others to vaccinate the bison herd there and work with them. The buffalo is truly a magnificent animal and we should do whatever is necessary to preserve the genetic diversity of this animal. I know that we used to ship out/receive animals for that very purspose.
That was very interesting. I have read some historical accounts of the early efforts to save and revive the buffalo. None of them mentioned the leading role played by American Indians. They all also failed to mention that treaty land was once again stolen from Indians to create the buffalo preserve.
What should be mentioned, but was only hinted at here, is that, in the 1800s, it was the deliberate policy of the United States government to eradicate the buffalo as a deliberate act of war against the plains Indian tribes.
Pale men include many lies in His-Story🦬
Too many believe much of the false narrative about the "noble"Indian. While absolutely true that the white settlers were vicious in their dealings with the natives, the Comanche in particular were at least as vicious, completely wiping out some other tribes. And torture of the white man was de rigueur, again mostly among the Comanche. Neither side has anything of which to be proud, the white men winning because of numbers, armaments and a long history of warmaking. People want to glorify the so called native American, and some tribes were peaceable and never a threat. We (white men) made no distinction, wanting to wipe them all off the face of the earth. One thing to keep in mind. That was a different time, with different sensitivities. What is seen today as murderous and overreaching was seen then as a necessary step to settle a new land. Man has been doing the IDENTICAL thing for 10s of 1000s of years. You cannot name me a patch of earth that hasn't suffered wars to claim ownership. Sad? Maybe. But undeniably true.
The Homestead Act also encouraged the white settlers to fence the prairie and kill bison in order to keep out the "savages".
@@jackieheidorn5875 I read that the Indian tribes used every part of the bison -- left nothing to waste. And that the settlers, when they observed how dependent upon the bison that the native Indians were -- make the destruction of the bison their goal: where goes the bison so goes the Indian.
@@HighwayIzzim cringe
Every time I revisit the history of the Bison it makes me cry but I am hopeful that we are returning the species , maybe not to their 1850's numbers but at least to some of their former habitat and with stronger genetic diversity. They should be our national symbol and the Native people not forgotten!!
In the early 1950s I was taken to a private zoo of sorts likely in PA, could have been NJ, and saw a lonely buffalo. I was told that he was the last alive. My heart cried. I am so glad to see them back in good numbers.
I live in UK, but I have seen bison in Wyoming (Yellowstone and near Cheyenne). I love amd admire them.
To see the photos of that slaughter and then the tiny blobs on the map, where they were still surviving was awful! I was so so angry!! But to see their comeback was pure magic! Thank you will never be enough to all the people who helped these magnificent beasts to survive. But thank you anyway!
The herds were killed off in an act of war.
You missed that in this documentary.
Supply chain disruption is part of war.
@@nmelkhunter1 That was way more then disrupting the supply chain. 50 mill to less then 500? You trying to compare that to blowing up a food warehouse?
@@nmelkhunter1 You say that like it somehow makes it better. Normal doesn't mean good.
@@nmelkhunter1 only one side knew they were at war.
They are wild. They are dangerous. They are easy to love. They are magical.
and fairly self sufficient.
Replace "they are" with "he is" and you have a perfect description of President Trump!
Majestic
there are American
And they're adorable.
While riding the Prairie, we never were in sight of a live one and never out of sight of a dead one.
Theodore Roosevelt
Men would massacre bison from train windows and leave them to rot in the sun, claiming it would mean less food source for the Native Americans. What a vile disgrace. Thank God that the bison now are a strong, no-longer-threatened species. What a precious, noble animal.
I just hope that we as the descendants of those same men do not relapse and end up repeating history.
liar
Sad.
They didn't kill them to reduce the food source for Native Americans. They did it for sport. They could care less about the consequences.
Crossing my fingers that when their judgement day came God was like WTF did you do?!
It was good that they realized they could be saved before they went extinct. Hope they learn this lesson for the sake of our oceans.
I was hearing on you tube about how grasslands need to be grazed to remain healthy. When grassland dies, it gives way to desert. They killed the bison and then we had a dustbowl, and drought tends to beget drought.
You also need the predators to keep them packed together and moving.
The most beautiful and majestic animal in America is the bison
500K bison now in the West is not a lot. I hope their numbers rise to 20 millions.
Truly magnificent animals. Very happy to see them roaming the grasslands once again. Human greed and poor politics led to their almost extinction. Pray and hope that day never comes again. God given.
This is so hard to watch , the Bison is a symbol of the great plains and the American west . Such a vital part of the life of the plains Indians.
probably the main reason why they almost wiped them out, to starve the natives. its difficult to resist invasion if youre hungry.
In addition to the Plains bison shown in the video there are also slightly larger, darker, Wood bison. They are found in the Northwest Territories north and south of the Great Slave Lake.
Great Slave Lake?
There was once also the Eastern Woodland Bison, but they were hunted out long ago.
Very good , now, couldn't they use the DNA from them also , for devirsification ?
It's from the local tribe pronounced Slav-ey. Nothing to do with slaves.
No matter what Anyone says, I'm Very Sorry that The Buffalo were Almost Wiped Out from the Wilderness due to Pure Greed!!! We're So Very Blessed to Have Great Herd's Coming Back to The Freedom of The Plains!!! Thanks to All The True Love of A Few Humans for The Majestic Breed, The Buffalo Are Flourishing Again!!! Long Live The "Ta-Tanka"!!!☮️💜🙏
Today, in 2021, the bison is also here in Mexico 🇲🇽🇺🇸
its real hard to watch this and not get all fuzzy ,, knowing that one group of people destroyed another group just for land and space to build on.
Americans need to protect these massive beasts at all costs. What a wonderful animal
In my opinion, there is nothing that represents the North American continent’s spirit like the Buffalo. Not the prettiest, and not the smartest, but there's an unquestioned strength, stubbornness, and tenacity that cannot be defeated.
Humanity at its most disgusting!! Honestly hurt to see that mountain of skulls 🥺
Thank god for a president with foresight. One of my favorite presidents Theodore Roosevelt.
I would love more bison herds throughout the plains of North America I want to see them on the short grass prarrie, mixed grass prarrie, tall grass prarrie and the oak savannahs
They are key stone species the plants benefit from them as they help spread thier seeds and fertilize them, the beautiful song birds benefit from them as thier winter coats in the spring help provide nesting materials, when the bison wallows prarrie dogs,snakes,owls and ferrets have easier places to dig thier burrows.
I notice that you Nebraskans left out Charles Goodnight and his herd,he and his wife saved for future generations to see.
There have been many private herds from back then till even today. Wonderful people that have kept this wonderful animal alive, and now even thriving. Wish we could have all of their names up in lights so everyone could recognize their wonderful contribution towards saving this magnificent animal.
This was NOT about Charles Goodnight
Thanks for the input...wasn't aware of this.
I can't bear to watch this. I am a Taurus, and I have always loved the buffalo. Its size, strength, power and endurance.
To see them slaughtered makes me sick.
They're called bison not buffalo, the term "buffalo" refers exclusively to cattle belonging to the subtribe Bubalina, which is found only in Africa and Southern Asia, bison actually belong to the subtribe Bovina, making bison most closely related to yak, gaurs, and domestic cattle.
"We are but humble livestock. We have no great ambitions, and we ask very little from the world around us, save but one thing: that we be allowed to exist, to survive.
...May God help those who attempt to resist or refute that demand."
Didn't God give us "the beasts of the fields and fowl of the air" as resources for human life?
Murders the world
ah yeah dude they are animals they don't actually have any idea of what you are talking about... whether you hunt at piggly wiggly or in the real world humans eat meat... so pass the A-1... buffalo is gooooooooood eat'n!
U think the Lord should help those that kill innocent bison?
Great stuff!
"We swing from the treetops and forage the lands of mother earth. Our way of life and very existence is critically endangered. The jungles we call home are leveled off as we're slaughtered to make way for palm oil plantations."
#SaveTheOrangutan
Thanks to all the folks who worked to produce, and the folks who worked to share, this truly great vid. I'm from Pittsburgh, and one of the county parks (known as 'South Park') has a small herd, perhaps a dozen, of bison. It was always great to drive out there on a weekend morning and feed them carrots or apples or handfuls of grass. They had two areas, one was small and fenced, so folks could get fairly close to them, and the other was a fenced-in hilltop area of land, so they could run free...Seeing them always made me mindful of the descriptions that I'd always read of, describing the vast herds that once roamed the plains, and I was proud that Pittsburgh was, even if just in some small way, contributing to the preservation of the species.
I was fortunate to pet a bison and feed it bread. Please save the bisons
Thank you. I had one in our parking lot about 50 ft in front of our truck.
TATANKA !!
Lol
I remember, that was a great movie....
Buffalo! I seen buffalo!!
LAKOTA
he retired
2 beautifuls creatures that represent America bald eagle and bison 🦬 🦅 🇺🇸
Save the Bison!
Ron Fontenot I agree!! We should save and preserve the Bison! ☝️
@@annebaskerville6062 There are not only these government and trust herds, but several private herds. And all these identities are working together on many things, such as keeping blood lines pure with many family trees (diversity). Numbers are improving. Even the private herds that sell buffalo meat, still work at increasing herd size and genetic strength. I got to go onto one private buffalo ranch, and that was such a magical time for me. I am an old farm boy that raised a lot of dairy cattle and hogs. But that animal is nothing like the animals I raised.
Save the prairie dog which digs the seeds of grasses for bison to survive . Too many ignorant people think they cause broken legs . Seems the Buffalo did not suffer from this BS myth . Many creatures rely on old burrows for nesting . Owls,weasels,tortoises and badgers etc .
Save the Bison burger!
Anne Baskerville Oklahoma has a lot of refuge’s for bison, elk, coyote, etc.
Ive never seen one in person and yet im so glad that theyre still here alive on earth.
Much thanks for all involved in bring back the Majestic and Regal American Bison Herd. May they and all creatures and their predators roar free this land once again.
Thank God they are back, thanks folks for doing all this!
The greatest symbol of the American plains, and we humans, as the gluttonous bastards we are, almost caused their extinction. Gotta Love Bison (GLB). Great show NETNebraska.
I'd like to say thank you to the ranchers and all involved in preserving Tatanka ( big Buffalo, our relatives) for future generations. May Wakang Tanka ( Great Spirit, Creator, God, Yahweh) bless all of you !
“God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.“
This country’s people run around with bible in hand but have no problem killing the animals in which their god created and proclaimed to be good. 😂👍
The rest of Genesis where that quote came from says
“ Then God said “ Let Us make mankind in Our image, so that they might rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky , over the livestock and all the wild animals and over all the creatures that move along the ground..
So God created mankind in His own image , in the image of God he created them , male and female He created them.
God blessed them,and said to them “ Be fruitful and multiply and increase in number , fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.
The God said “ I give you every seed seeing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit wirh seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky , and all the creatures that move along the ground- everything that has the breath of life in it- I give every green plant for food. And it was so” ..
Humans as have misinterpreted the Bible for thousands of years. God said “subdue” , not eliminate , God said “ rule over it” meaning be in charge of it , guard it, not abuse and destroy it.
Just because a person claims to be a Christian doesn’t mean that are obeying and carefully following Gods commands….which are many. Much more than the 10 commandments that most people think of. The Bible is full of things that God is saying to us, and most people don’t pay enough attention.
I believe what God is saying is be stewards of all that you have been given, just as in the Parable of the men given sums of money when their boss left, they were supposed to take the money ( or resources of the earth ) and watch over them, guard and protect them, making them grow and prosper, leaving more of them , in a better place, than when they began. And also taking enough for your own needs , your family’s needs. But don’t be greedy, and abuse the resources that God has given you.
Just a beautiful presentation, thank you so much.
After being surrounded by a herd twice in Custer Park, they are my favorite animal. They are huge, they had their calves and were rubbing against our car. OF COURSE my camera was in the back of the car but they were magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless these beautiful creatures.
Beautiful and loved the music, so enhanced this great work. Photography was stunning, interviews well shot, just a great experience to remind us that we cannot destroy species, humans and animals alike. We must honor nature, lest we perish as a nation.
The return of the Bison will help reverse desertification if the wolf also returns. The wolf will help keep them going to where the grass is longer in order to be hidden. This way, they will not chew the grass to the root.
Thrilled beyond words to see the return of the buffalo!!!
Nice to hear they are coming back.
Excellent documentary, balanced and fair. It pays tribute and honor to the true major majestic representative specie of the Great Plains of the US.
Having the bison to return back to the land will be crazy to see. Awesome video #SeeingBisonLikeABuffalo
They are great animals see and watch, dangerous at close quarters. Use to wait for them to move off oil field lease roads to get back and forth to my drilling rig in Northern Alberta. They would come to our campsite to look into the windows. Just love to have that brief visit with these large animals.
Thanks for this video, I love to watch wild animals documentary.
It's our generation's responsibility to preserve the great animal species of our continent, and provide them adequate wilderness areas to exist in. In this particular regard, I actually agree with Ted Turner. You guys are doing very important work to undo the damage done in the past by ignorance and greed. 👍💪
'Kill Every Buffalo You Can! Every Buffalo Dead Is an Indian Gone'
Those were the words of a U.S. Army colonel in 1867. Eight years later, General Phil Sheridan went as far as to commission medals to reward anyone who brought pelts from dead bisons.
Im so glad these animals are appreciated now, I was worried they were extinct.
Ever since I was a child, I've wanted to stand on a cliff and see a herd of American bison crossing the Great Plains. Now, it doesn't seem like such a fantasy anymore.
I really like Bison I have been giving a small donation to the American Prairie Reserve. There goals are to stitch together 3 million acres of northern/Montanan plains with a free roaming herd of around 10k head of Bison able to migrate naturally. Small donation of any type can help
I am no liberal or conservative a little both not that it matters.
I’m reading that Bison came across the land bridge form Asia around 300k - 100k years called steppe Bison with no major predators to worry about, created a field day for evolution,
20,000 years ago, the ice sheets reached their greatest extent: a time called the Last Glacial Maximum. At this time, the bison living south of the ice became distinct from those living to the north. The northern population later went extinct, and research suggests that the southern population eventually gave rise to the wood and plains bison that exist today.
There were people to whom forsight and wisdom was given. We can hope there will be more of them.
Wow! Great work! Thank You.
Am thrilled to see sustainable use of native species running free in natural habitats. More prairie, less corn and soybeans.
I love buffalo!!
I would give my life to see the west before white exploration , the abundance of wildlife and untouched prairie and complex Native American cultures . I treasure we selfishly took for greed
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Growing up in the fifties, I was taught that there were roughly 60 thousand in the northern herd, and 400million in the southern herd. Now, they say that there were about 60million total. Ehy the difference in numbers. It has to d9 with the caring compacity of cattle, as apposed to bison. Bison can successfully thrive in a short grass invierment we're cattle will not.
Bison, Muskox, California Condor, Moose, Elk and Grizzly Bear are all creatures from the Iceage.
oh give me my home where the buffaloes roam.... yeah bison are the icon of this nation.
Great info. Well done.
We need many more bison around the U.S. There are numerous places in Nevada that could sustain a herd, especially Elko County about 15 miles East of Wildhorse reservoir. There exists a large, secluded area there void of humans that could and should sustain buffalo herds.
That video realy made me smile!
I have seen stuff like this before I mean documentaries it is just heartbreaking what man will do I’m glad now they are protected but it is too little too late for many people
That's beautiful!
Wow! What a fantastic video!!!
Thank you
Used to go to Lone Elk Park in Mo.They had a Bison called Big Bill he was huge prob 12 or so in the group.Loved going to see them.
Nicely done, NET!
When i was driving into zion i pulled over to look at a heard of buffalo just posted up off of the highway, glad they made a comeback
Would anyone believe that the dust bowl that happened was a result of killing off the bison? It's true. The grassland needed to be grazed for it's ability to withstand drought.
I love this in knowing I'm a Taurus always brought me closer to these big magnificent Beasty animals they run in the bull family
Love the bison! Beautiful beasts of our planet😊❤
Thank you very much.
They look magnificent
They're beautiful... Beautiful...
Good to see there back there magnificent
there's a small herd near me here in florida . 8 animals . man i never knew how huge they are .
laying down on the ground , he was about 6' at the top of his hump . LAYING DOWN !!
Where at in Florida? I want to see one
There is a herd near Chicago at a place called Fermilab
Thank God for those Folk years ago that protected the remnant animals
The population of Buffalo in Texas now exceeds one and a half Million. The largest herds being on the East Sisters and O'Conner Ranch's as well as a multitude of others.
Mighty, powerful, majestic!!
So there are now nearly 500,000 Bison living in the wild today? Well that's beter than I expected. However, I would like to see them given more space so their numbers can increase back to the millions again.
Wonderful to learn that the bison has been able to survive and prosper.
Fantastic....
Back in the late 1970s I hitchhiked around the west from the east coast . i got a temp job at the Old Faithful Inn . It was late august so many students were going back to school so they took on transients . we had free dorm rooms . One afternoon one guy had a car so we went up to a town (west yellowstone ? located on the border in montana) . So on the way there we see this beautiful herd of Bison in the setting sun in a field off the road . We go to a couple night spots and taverns and drink our fill . I don't imbibe much so the rest of us throw the drunk owner of the car in the back seat and i drive . Its about 2am and were driving back to old faithful . Damn ! all of sudden i see this huge Bison taking up the whole road both lanes ! i slam on the breaks . luckily i could see the reflection of his eyeball from the head lights . So the Bison just stands there sideways . I honk the horn , it won't move . that thing was the biggest wild animal i ever saw ! finally in about a half hour it ambles off the road
wow, just wow man, well said by the interviews here
Now I understand why Rick Ross is so happy to own some buffaloes
Beautiful documentary!
If you ever have ever the privilege to see bison on the prairie you get the feel of the USA becoming. I thought the Nebraska Game and Parks bison camp from Cody. St Park SD
We had about hundred or more down the street from the school I attended back in 1950s in Indiana . There was a handful of Pokagon State Park Indiana . But they're all gone now relocated out west .
Thank you.
It is great to hear the history of some of the first people who helped to preserve the Bison but we could also note that their ancestors wiped out a huge range of mega-fauna in North and South America.