80 million Buffalo have disappeared since the "White" man came to North America. 100 million Beef Cattle have taken their place. Why? Beef taste better!
I read that the Great Plains was once forested but the Indians burned it so often chasing game that it couldn't re-grow.
I beg to differ. Buffalo meat is, on the whole, better tasting and healthier than cattle beef.
The reason we keep cattle is because they've been bred for docility for millenia. Buffalo are more much more aggresive and prone to violence.