Editing Beefalo (section)

== Environmental impacts ==
Although popular with tourists and hunters, escaped beefalo have been destroying parts of the ecosystem, as well as ancient stone ruins, in the [[Grand Canyon]] and threatening native species.  By 2015, numbers were growing by 50% per year and there were at least 600 animals roaming the park.<ref name="Magazine Clark 2015 l549">{{cite web | last=Clark| first=Laura| title=A Beefalo Invasion Is Causing Trouble in the Grand Canyon | website=Smithsonian Magazine | date=4 March 2015 | url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/beefalo-invasion-causing-trouble-grand-canyon-180954458/ | access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref> [[Grand Canyon National Park]] was reporting an accident a day due to tourist interactions with beefalo.<ref name="Bullock 2015 r633">{{cite web | last=Bullock | first=Anne-Marie | title=How do you solve a problem like the 'Beefalo'? | website=BBC News | date=2 March 2015 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31661920 | access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>  In 2018, the park began trapping the animals and giving them to Native American tribes outside the state. In addition, volunteer hunters were enlisted to cull the herds, with a goal of reducing the population to 200 animals.<ref name="Dungan 2018 l096">{{cite web | last=Dungan | first=Ron | title=How Many Beefalo Is Too Many Beefalo? | website=Sierra Club | date=20 June 2018 | url=https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/too-many-bison-culling-hunting-grand-canyon-beefalo | access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref> As of 2022, the herd was down to 216 individuals, with only 4 having been taken by hunters.<ref name="Gulliford 2023 w973">{{cite web | last=Gulliford | first=Andrew | title=Buffalo Jones and bison that don't belong at the Grand Canyon | website=Durango Herald | date=7 January 2023 | url=https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/buffalo-jones-and-bison-that-dont-belong-at-the-grand-canyon/ | access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>