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“The extermination of the buffalo has been a veritable tragedy of the animal world.”

World Has Beens Animal Tragedy Animal World Buffalo Extermination

Book:Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter

Source: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter

“The buffalo is a surprisingly stupid animal.”

Funny Animal Stupid Buffalo

Book:The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America

Source: The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America

“I had seen a herd of Buffalo, one hundred and twenty-nine of them, come out of the morning mist under a copper sky, one by one, as if the dark and massive, iron-like animals with the mighty horizontally swung horns were not approaching, but were being created before my eyes and sent out as they were finished.”

Ifs Eye Dark Animal Morning Sky Hundred Twenties Finished Nine Iron Massive Horns Mist Herds Buffalo Copper Morning Mist

Book:Out of Africa

Source: Out of Africa

“It did not take Man long-probably not more than a hundred centuries-to discover that all the animals except the dog were impossible around the house. One has but to spend a few days with an aardvark or llama, command a water buffalo to sit up and beg or try to housebreak a moose, to perceive how wisely Man set about his process of elimination and selection.”

Source: James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

“Fish farming, even with conventional techniques, changes fish within a few generations from an animal like a wild buffalo or a wildebeest to the equivalent of a domestic cow.”

Change Animal Generations Fishes Technique Cows Conventional Farming Salmon Buffalo Overfishing

Book:The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and what We Eat

Source: The End of the Line: How Overfishing is Changing the World and what We Eat

“Historically the buffalo had more influence on man than all other Plains animals combined. It was life, food, raiment, and shelter to the Indians. The buffalo and the Plains Indians lived together, and together passed away. The year 1876 marks practically the end of both.”

Men Years Ends Together Animal Influence Mark Shelter Passed Away Buffalo

Book:The Great Plains

Source: The Great Plains