Bison Roundup

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted April 1, 2017449 views4 comments

The annual bison round-up on Antelope Island, for culling, health exams, and vaccinations. They try to keep the herd around 100.
2016:10:21 14:36:25
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4 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 2, 2017 at 4:28 PM

A neat scene, Sandy. I like your choice of the pano crop.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on April 3, 2017 at 3:52 PM

This shows how very large these animals are against the horses and riders Sandy. The culling process is interesting. On Catalina Island they brought in bison for a movie a long time ago and left them. They started to outgrow their food sources and the biologists had to figure out how to reduce/control the numbers. They are using contraceptive darting practices now to maintain a more sustainable herd level. They won't get rid of all of them because they are too popular with the tourists.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on April 8, 2017 at 7:57 AM

Lovely image Sandy, and not something often seen today. Congratulations on the WP.

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 8, 2017 at 12:38 PM

Very nice, Sandy. The whole cowboy thing is trashing the Great Basin, but it's actually appropriate here.

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