The wild bison herd standing in the golden grass look like they stepped out of a painting of the old west. But this is northern Mexico, and these bison are part of modern day effort to restore native grasslands.
“There’s one of the males,” said Jose Luis Garcia Loya, pointing to one of the largest animals. Je runs Rancho El Uno, an ecological reserve about 80 miles south of the border.
The enormous male, officially known as “17,” has been nicknamed “Big Show” by Loya’s 14-year-old son. The majestic animals, also called buffalo, once roamed North America by the millions. Their vast territory stretched into northern Mexico before they were hunted to near extinction in the 1800s.
Now, the U.S. and Mexico have teamed up to bring wild bison back. Nearly 46,000 acres at Rancho El Uno is part of ambitious plan by the Nature Conservancy to restore grasslands destroyed by overgrazing. Continue reading more and see the video report…. Article source kens5.com