response: They almost became extinct, but it was a combination of hunting and disease.
original_response: Not completely exterminated. They almost became extinct though, but it was a combination of hunting and disease. Thanks to parks and reserves, populations are increasing.
history: I've always thought about trying hunting, but I've never gotten around to it. Why exactly have you never tried ? I know that hunting can be done for food or even for recreation I just never got the time to do it, but tell me, what are other reasons for hunting ? Another reason for hunting I can give you is for pest control That's interesting. Hunting has been around for a while, I'm sure. I don't have information about how long hunting has been around for, the information I have now is about Lawful hunting and poaching. Have you ever heard about this practice of illegal killing of hunted species ? Yeah, isn't that what exterminated the American bison or whatever?
knowledge: They became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle, and have made a recent resurgence largely restricted to a few national parks and reserves.