New York Zoological Society

1928

<< Previous Next >>   Boss Bison Bull Gored To Death San Francisco Jan 22 1928 *Coolidge” the boss bull of bison herd at Golden Gate park here, was, gored to death in his corral yesterday by three young bulls. “Coolidge” has successfully defeated all the bulls in pen and even equal to the mass attack of two who challenged his supremacy. But the three-cornered the attack yesterday was too fast for the boss. He fell gored and torn. The buffaloes will choose a new king in spring during the mating season, according to Frank Slattery, park foreman.   ANIMALS PROVE … Read more

1913

<< Previous  Next>> /   / Wichita Daily Times Wichita Falls, Texas Jan 14 1913 New Herd of Bison of Interest to Scientists WASHINGTON –Government scientists in Washington displayed real interest in a dispatch from Winnipeg a few days ago, announcing that Harry V Radford, the American explorer had discovered more than 350 (? 850) wild buffalo in the Slave lake district of the Hudson Bay country. The wild buffalo of the American plains are gone and nothing remains of them save a few museum and zoological park specimens. Outside of the national zoological park in Washington, the Bronx Zoo, … Read more

1896

<< Previous  Next>> / NOW ALMOST EXTINCT / FIGHT BETWEEN BUFFALOES. April 1896 The National Zoological Park Loses the Oldest Bison in Its Herd. The National Zoological Park, in the suburbs of Washington, has lost one of its valuable herd of six buffaloes, the animal having been killed in a desperate tight with one of its companions. The Zoos herd of buffalo is one of the finest in the country, and great regret is felt at the killing of one of them, as it will be hard to replace It. The buffalo that was killed was one of the largest … Read more