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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Yellowstone National Park's Wildlife: Bison (Buffalo)
The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds - millions.Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains.
Bison were hunted almost to extinction in the late 19th century primarily by market hunters and were reduced to a few hundred by the mid-1880s. They were hunted for their skins, with the rest of the animal left behind to decay on the ground.
The US federal government promoted bison hunting for various reasons, to allow ranchers to range their cattle without competition from other bovines, and primarily to weaken the North American Indian population by removing their main food source and to pressure them onto the reservations. Without the bison, native people of the plains were forced either to leave the land or starve to death.
For a decade from 1873 on, there were several hundred, perhaps over a thousand, such commercial hide/market hunting outfits harvesting bison at any one time, vastly exceeding the take by American Indians or individual meat hunters. The commercial take arguably was anywhere from 2,000 to 100,000 animals per day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison
Music: by Boguslaw Boguch Cysewski, Song of a Winter Stream
The US federal government promoted bison hunting for various reasons, to allow ranchers to range their cattle without competition from other bovines, and primarily to weaken the North American Indian population by removing their main food source and to pressure them onto the reservations. Without the bison, native people of the plains were forced either to leave the land or starve to death.
For a decade from 1873 on, there were several hundred, perhaps over a thousand, such commercial hide/market hunting outfits harvesting bison at any one time, vastly exceeding the take by American Indians or individual meat hunters. The commercial take arguably was anywhere from 2,000 to 100,000 animals per day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison
Music: by Boguslaw Boguch Cysewski, Song of a Winter Stream
Thursday, September 8, 2011
'It's Time' ~ mp3 ♫♪
'It's Time' by Cindy Aspden of JCVdude
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by JCVdude is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Based on a work at www.youtube.com
ps. sorry for the second post. I had missed attaching the track for download.
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JCVdude
Joe Vass
Freelance Videographer/Citizen Journalist
( No.1 Most Viewed Video in Canada)
(19th Most Viewed All Time in Canada)
778.436.9804
'It's Time' mp3 ♫♪
'It's Time' by Cindy Aspden of JCVdude mp3 ♫♪
We just ask that you give credit to JCVdude if using this track. Thank you.
<br /><span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" property="dct:title">It's Time</span> by JCVdude is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.<br />Based on a work at www.youtube.com
JCVdude
Joe Vass
Freelance Videographer/Citizen Journalist
( No.1 Most Viewed Video in Canada)
(19th Most Viewed All Time in Canada)
778.436.9804
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Black Bears & Bear Attacks
The American Black bear is the smallest & most common species of bear. They are omnivores, so their diet is dictated by the season; i.e. new shoots, berries, roots, spawning fish. They live in forested areas throughout North America.
With man encroaching more and more into bear territory either through interface communities or hiking trails, encounters with bears will continue to increase.
This video of a sow with her two cubs was filmed at Hardy Falls (also known as Deep Creek), British Columbia. Hardy Falls is a popular walking trail into a densely forested area.
"We had gone our for a walk to the falls. About a third of the way in, another walker heading back to her car, informed us that she had spotted a bear up on the ridge above the path. We proceeded cautiously until we saw the sow and one cub, then the second cub. They were descending the steep slope down towards the creek and path.
We didn't move any closer, but continued talking and making noise, to let the bear know we were still there. More walkers gathered, and we all stayed a safe distance and ready to leave."
Black bears rarely attack when confronted by humans. At the same time, it is common knowledge if you live in bear country, that a sow with her cub(s) is potential danger. They are wild animals & will be protective of their young.
Coming between a sow and her cub(s) could spell disaster. There also are times when the family pet can be a real danger around bears. This happened recently with a Tappen man.
The attack happened last Saturday, near Tappen. According to Conservation Officers, while out on a walk, the Tappen man's dogs treed a bear cub and while the man tried to pull his dog away, the attacked. The man was knocked to the ground, mauled 3 times and only after fighting back, was he able to get free. The sow and cub ran off. Later at hospital, the man received 50 stitches for injuries to arms, chest & hands.
The bear will be tracked and possibly relocated. The Conservation Service recommends a few simple rules to observe when walking or hiking in our great outdoors:
- always be aware of your environment - things around you
- make noise so you don't startle bears
- if your dog is not voice command trained, keeping it on leash is advised
For more info: Kamloops Daily News
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( No.1 Most Viewed Video in Canada)
(19th Most Viewed All Time in Canada)
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