Domesticating buffalo degrades their social structure and the land

Evidence

“The way that buffalo relate to the land changes if you domesticate them,” Fred continues. “And then you change the land. There is a hierarchy in the herd. Any time you take one animal out for slaughter or for trade that changes. Those horns are what they use to protect their status.” (Many ranchers remove the horns from the buffalo for domesticating purposes, although Dubray does not.) Michele Fredericks, his wife, interjects now, anxiously listening to the conversation. She adds, “When they lose a horn, their status is diminished.” — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 801

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Buffalo restoration is tied to restoring Native social and political structure — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 804; Conservation parks are too small for buffalo viability — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 796

Broader Connections

• Conservation parks are too small for buffalo viability #expands (0.75) — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 796