Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1919 — Nearly 7,000 Bison Are in Captivity, Records Show [ARTICLE]

Nearly 7,000 Bison Are in Captivity, Records Show

The American bison has been saved. The species was threatened with destruction by wild game hunters. This has been prevented, says “Boys’ Life,” tod there are now nearly 3,000 buftalbes in captivity and some seventy running wild in the United States, and over 3,000 in captivity and 500 in the wild state in Canada, y Only a little over 1,000 head were known to be in existence when the protective movement started. Records show more than 900 calves born in 1917.