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<blockquote data-quote="jmden" data-source="post: 590777" data-attributes="member: 1742"><p>No one said the wolf (single handedly) killed off the bison. Read my post again. But they certainly helped.</p><p></p><p>From p 65 of Jerry Keenan's book, 'The Life of Yellowstone Kelly':</p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>"Kelly, however, came to believe that those who reduced the wolf packs by poisoning actually provided a useful service to large animal herd management. 'It was said,' wrote Kelly,</p><p></p><p>[quote from Kelly] that wolves killed more buffalo than Indians and whites combined. I am convinced that the men engaged in poisoning wolves for their pelts rendered a good service in protection of herds of wild game. I have seen in the North bands of wolves numbering fifty or more traveling with noses up on the scent of buffaloes borne by the wind. They killed the young calves and hamstrung the cows and bulls. [unquote from Kelly]</p><p></p><p>It is often pointed out how the buffalo was the mainstay of the Plains tribes; how virtually every part of the animal contributed to Indian society in some way. In contrast, white hunters slaughtered the herds, taking only the hide and delicacies of the animal. Kelly recalled, though, that the Indian could be as wasteful as the white man--for example, killing buffalo cows 'for the unborn calves for the purpose of feasting, the cows being at that time of year poor in flesh and the robes by no means prime.' "</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Something to consider, at least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmden, post: 590777, member: 1742"] No one said the wolf (single handedly) killed off the bison. Read my post again. But they certainly helped. From p 65 of Jerry Keenan's book, 'The Life of Yellowstone Kelly': -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Kelly, however, came to believe that those who reduced the wolf packs by poisoning actually provided a useful service to large animal herd management. 'It was said,' wrote Kelly, [quote from Kelly] that wolves killed more buffalo than Indians and whites combined. I am convinced that the men engaged in poisoning wolves for their pelts rendered a good service in protection of herds of wild game. I have seen in the North bands of wolves numbering fifty or more traveling with noses up on the scent of buffaloes borne by the wind. They killed the young calves and hamstrung the cows and bulls. [unquote from Kelly] It is often pointed out how the buffalo was the mainstay of the Plains tribes; how virtually every part of the animal contributed to Indian society in some way. In contrast, white hunters slaughtered the herds, taking only the hide and delicacies of the animal. Kelly recalled, though, that the Indian could be as wasteful as the white man--for example, killing buffalo cows 'for the unborn calves for the purpose of feasting, the cows being at that time of year poor in flesh and the robes by no means prime.' " ------------------------------------------------------------- Something to consider, at least. [/QUOTE]
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