![John Oberg on Twitter: "I am thoroughly convinced that society is making progress for animals. Why? Because in the 1870s, Americans were *proud* of the fact that they nearly decimated the buffalo John Oberg on Twitter: "I am thoroughly convinced that society is making progress for animals. Why? Because in the 1870s, Americans were *proud* of the fact that they nearly decimated the buffalo](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eje7NKiXkAAlTcQ.jpg:large)
John Oberg on Twitter: "I am thoroughly convinced that society is making progress for animals. Why? Because in the 1870s, Americans were *proud* of the fact that they nearly decimated the buffalo
James Cavanaugh Photography - From the archives. Demolition of War Memorial Stadium "The Rock Pile" in Buffalo, NY. Former home of the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Bisons and the set for the film
![From kings of the American plains to piles of sun-bleached bones: How mass slaughter by hunters nearly wiped out the buffalo | Daily Mail Online From kings of the American plains to piles of sun-bleached bones: How mass slaughter by hunters nearly wiped out the buffalo | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/25/article-2268064-1726AB96000005DC-796_638x560.jpg)
From kings of the American plains to piles of sun-bleached bones: How mass slaughter by hunters nearly wiped out the buffalo | Daily Mail Online
![A Pile of buffalo bones from mid 1870. Image source: Wikimedia commons. | Download Scientific Diagram A Pile of buffalo bones from mid 1870. Image source: Wikimedia commons. | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hanna-Hansen/publication/337051474/figure/fig6/AS:822213259325441@1573042325345/A-Pile-of-buffalo-bones-from-mid-1870-Image-source-Wikimedia-commons_Q640.jpg)