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The bison population decline before the industrial hide hunt resulted from a combination of climate change, introduced diseases, overhunting, and competition for resources.

“As a consequence of all of those plus the market, you began to get a draw down of the supply of animals even by the 1840s and 1850s.”

MeatEater Podcast Network · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 12K views on this topic

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