Word: bisons
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Beefalo is a relatively new, man-bred cross between a bison (chosen for leanness) and one of the conventional cattle strains, such as Angus, Hereford and Simmental, which are prized for tenderness and flavor. A full-blooded beefalo is three-eighths bison and five-eighths bovine, according to standards set by the American Beefalo World Registry. Beefalo averages 80% less fat and 55% fewer calories than comparable cuts of ordinary beef. Two samples from animals that were fed differently were tested, with somewhat different results. Beefalo from Healey's Market in Manchester, Vt., was slightly richer, more flavorful and moister...
Protected by the strictest of game laws, the bison population in Yellowstone National Park has increased to an unwieldy 2,000 head, a record number and a growing problem for park wildlife managers. When the Montana legislature passed a law allowing seven months of tightly regulated public hunting of Yellowstone buffalo that forage across the state line, animal rights activists became incensed. Said Rancher Ed Francis of Corwin Springs: "The animals are very dumb, and they just stand there and allow people to kill them. There's no sport...
...Colonial League doesn't allow its members to give out scholarships. Now if you're the coach of the Bucknell Bison, that's no big deal because you don't give them out currently. But if you're Rick Carter, that's a VERY BIG DEAL...
Before the white man set foot in the New World, wolves roamed freely across what would become the U.S., preying on the great herds of deer, elk and bison. The Indians were so in awe of this skilled predator that many tribes incorporated the wolf in such rituals as ceremonial dances, hoping that braves might acquire some of the animal's courage and stamina. But with the settlement of the continent, the hunter became the hunted. Today Canis lupus has all but vanished from the contiguous 48 states. Only in the lonely wilds of northern Minnesota is there...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard is now 20-8, with a single game left at Yale on Thursday....Goalie Brian Graham made a remarkable save of a Bison penalty shot in the first game....For the tournament, Munatones had five goals, Fasi seven, Rob Strauss six (three against Bucknell), Adam Button five, and Brian Johnston...