01723cam a22003253u 4500 17748 UtSlPG 20260610133420.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 QL Hornaday, William T. (William Temple), 1854-1937 The Extermination of the American Bison Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Extermination_of_the_American_Bison Release date is 2006-02-10 Produced by Chuck Greif, Tony Browne and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Extermination of the American Bison" by William T. Hornaday is a book published in 1889. It documents the ecology of bison and their near-complete destruction across the United States through industrial-scale hunting. Hornaday chronicles the species' rapid decline, analyzing causes including unnecessary slaughter and lack of legal protection, while advocating for the survival of remaining bison in Yellowstone. The work includes an account of the Smithsonian's 1886 expedition to collect specimens before extinction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified American bison Wildlife conservation -- United States -- Sources https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17748 59134 59134