2007-06-07 11:31:27 · 7 answers · asked by Fashion 3mma 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
"When Natives had the land to themselves, they used things like spears to hunt only what they needed."
Sure they did. They had the turnstiles at the cliff edge closed once they had driven their quota over them. Of course, they only used spears.
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BTW "there are about 150,000 in North America. They are no longer endangered."
2007-06-07 11:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Buffalo herds numbered as high as 15 million until the late 1890's. They are docile animals and were easy pray for hunters who killed them by the thousands just for the sport.
Also, Westward expansion of the US reduced there feeding grounds further reducing there numbers.
2007-06-07 11:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by Archer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buffalo are endgaered in North America because they were hunted nearly to extinction by the early settlers.
When Natives had the land to themselves, they used things like spears to hunt only what they needed.
Then, white people came with guns, and hunted far too many.
2007-06-07 11:33:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bison were hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century and were reduced to very small numbers by the mid-1880s. One major cause was a government initiative to curtail the population of the Plains Indian by killing off their main food source--the bison.
2007-06-07 11:41:51 · answer #4 · answered by mccoyblues 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were overhunted and people wanted to use their grassland homes as farms.
Also Buffalo steak is tasty. Mmm... Bison bison.
2007-06-07 13:20:41 · answer #5 · answered by I don't want to enter a name 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that they are endangered anymore.
2007-06-07 11:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by Randy G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Beacuse people like to hunt them and hang them on the wall as trophies.
2007-06-07 11:39:19 · answer #7 · answered by Kansas Z 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋