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BUFFALOBURGERS

01. Buffalo Bill and men like him hunted the American bison to exhaustion. In 1900,

02. with the West tamed, there were only a few hundred buffalo over. Today, there are

03. thousands. There meat is in demand for buffaloburgers. A buffalo steak is the

04. smart thing to order, and restaurants throughout the United States have supplies

05. flown in daily. One rancher, Mr Roy Huck, has 3,500 heads on his 50,000-acre

06. ranch in South Dakota. He says: "We owe a lot to the conservationist which

07. rescued a small herd 70 years ago and saved the buffalo from dying." With the

08. growth of buffalo ranching in recent years, it is reckoned there are now 50,000,

09. all descended from the handfull who were saved. For a rancher, buffalo have many

10. advantages. They are wild animals and look after themselves in their nature

11. habitat. In winter, they don't have to be brought in because they can dig through the

12. snow to find food. They have a strong sense of survival. Unlike cattle, they do not

13. need special care. They are decease-free, and can live and reproduce longer.

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