By the early 1900's, Yellowstone was home to only about 30 bison, and conservationists began efforts to revive the national treasure. As the historian Andrew Isenberg has written, Teddy Roosevelt even feared that the collapse of the buffalo population would neuter American masculinity, since men could no longer hunt big game in the United States.Well we can't, exactly, but the heard in Montana now numbers around 5,000 and so that state issued 15 buffalo-killing licenses this year. More, enthusiasts hope, next.
(And yeah I know they're not really buffalo, they're bison, but hey - you can only shoot what you've got.)
Guess we can all quit worrying about "neutered" now.
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