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Article: Stopping the slaughter: like the Stars and Stripes or the Liberty Bell, the bison is a symbol of America, yet last year federal tax dollars supported the slaughter of 244 bison at or near Yellowstone.(Forum)
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- National Parks
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- June 22, 2004
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This is a test. Name the largest land mammal in North America. Now name the only animal, other than the eagle, to appear on U.S. currency during the 20th century. Finally, name an animal being systematically slaughtered using federal tax dollars. Stumped? Sadly, the answer to all of these questions is the same: the American bison.
Like the Stars and Stripes or the Liberty Bell, the bison is literally a symbol of America. This magnificent animal's shaggy head and massive shoulders graced the "tails" side of 1.2 billion Buffalo nickels minted between 1913 and 1938. The coin's designer, James Earl Fraser, an assistant to sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and a product ...