Effect On Wild American Bison Conservation
Creating the beefalo has proven to be a serious setback to wild American bison conservation. Most current buffalo herds are genetically polluted or partly crossbred with cattle, and hence are in fact "beefalo". There are only four genetically unmixed American bison herds left, and only one that is also free of brucellosis, the Wind Cave Bison Herd which roams Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota.
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