Non-Native Bison Roam Free on Catalina Island (IMAGE)

Santa Catalina Island Conservancy

Non-Native Bison Roam Free on Catalina Island

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Fourteen bison were brought to Catalina Island on Christmas Eve in 1924. Today the herd is successfully managed to a population around 150 with a contraceptive.

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Photo by Jack Baldelli, courtesy Catalina Island Conservancy.

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