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sleeknub t1_irz8mfs wrote

Reply to comment by bwc_28 in Endangered gray wolves are being poisoned in Washington state, officials say by zsreport

Cattle is good for the planet in many of these areas, not bad for it. The US was home to millions and millions of bison not very long ago, and cattle provide many of the same ecosystem services when allowed to graze. Ideally we’d have bison, but cattle do a good job in their stead.

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bwc_28 t1_is1hvj8 wrote

I'd be ecstatic if we had millions of free roaming bison in America, but we both know that's not how modern ranching operates.

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sleeknub t1_is3f7f1 wrote

They don’t have to be free roaming in the sense of being able to go anywhere they want, but many ranches have quite a bit of land that the cattle can roam. There are bison ranches around, so it’s definitely doable.

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