Bison, elk became nearly extinct in the USA

This video from the USA says about itself:

Why the U.S. Army Guarded the 23 Remaining American Buffalo

16 December 2016

In 1882, General Philip Sheridan’s expedition to the protected buffalo haven in Yellowstone National Park revealed a gruesome reality: Poachers were continuing to slaughter the last remnants of America’s big-game icon. He then called in the U.S. Army to intervene.

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