Anne Sherwood
A ranch hand working a herd of hybrid bison on the Flying D Ranch in Bozeman, Mont., which is owned by Ted Turner.
I had *heard* that Turner owned the largest herd of bison in the world. Maybe it's the largest private herd - have no idea how many he actually has.
However, the story claims that he has a genetically pure bison population - then this photo says those are hybridized bison on his ranch.
He serves buffalo steaks in his restaurants, so surely a portion of his herd is bred for meat, meaning crossed with cattle. I suppose we can *assume* then that he has several separate herds on several separate ranches (as in some in NM and some in MT, as stated above) and they are disparate.
IOW, it was somewhat misleading for me to get the impression that Turner had *only* pure bison stock from reading the article. Perhaps my mistake.
I'm shocked to hear that Turner/bison are GMO. Does that mean that low demand by the the niggardly starvelings will keep the price down? Maybe if the bison/beef is irradiated, will that help?
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While nostalgically I'd love to see wild bison roaming the West again with Comanche and Sioux living off the herds, I also realize you cana't turn the clock back.
Bison are huge beasts that will go right through most fencing if they are allowed to follow their natural instinct to move up and down the continent with the seasons.
Put a million or two buffalo back on the trails and say goodbye to the nation's breadbasket in the Mid-west.
CWD not spreading, DNR says (Chronic Wasting Disease in WV)
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