At one time, 60 million bison roamed the American West. By 1893 there were 300 left. Grizzlies were completely exterminated throughout most of the West by the late 1880s as well. To this day, few places on Earth contain enough wild land to support this ultimate North American predator. Thankfully, Alaska is still one such place and I feel privileged to live here as a result.
I felt physically ill when I read about someone…