The primary reason for the disappearance of the buffalo was that white hunters killed buffalo in large numbers for food and profit. Despite other factors such as disease and habitat changes, the large-scale hunting and commercialization of buffalo led to their drastic decline in numbers.
Why did the buffalo begin to disappear?
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Disease brought death to large herds of buffalo.
Disease brought death to large herds of buffalo.
Buffalo herds moved north into Canada as the white settlers arrived.
Buffalo herds moved north into Canada as the white settlers arrived.
White hunters killed buffalo in large numbers for food and profit.
White hunters killed buffalo in large numbers for food and profit.
Government treaties to protect the buffalo were broken.
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