As someone who lives near one of the herds, this isn't a factory farming situation. They live pretty good lives on open space with a bit of population management that ends up with meat and hides that help offset the cost of managing the herd.

That's good to know (genuinely).

I wasn't specifically talking about the bison here which is why I randomly selected some other animal to talk about and made the choice more binary than it is in the real world.

I was just making a point that what is best for humans is hardly the only criteria to use to make these sorts of decisions for some people (myself included).