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.
"A state-owned herd in Utah and a herd owned by Ted Turner on his Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico also show no signs of hybridization."
It appears he has both. IMHO, eat the hybrids.
Another TT ranch, from the location caption....