Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is home to one of just two protected herds of American bison in California, with the other herd managed on Catalina Island. The Marine Corps herd can be found roaming in Delta and Charlie training areas, the Zulu Impact Area and in Case Springs, areas off-limits to the general public.
Camp Pendleton first received its bison from the San Diego Zoo between 1973 and 1979. The earliest numbers were small, just 14 individuals. The installation was a perfect home for the bison, and not just because there's no better friend than the Marines. Camp Pendleton is enormous; with 125,000 acres of land and two natural water sources, there's plenty of room on the range to roam. There are 90 buffalo on Camp Pendleton now.
https://www.military.com/history/why-marine-corps-maintains-its-private-herd-of-american-bison.html
Home, Home on the Range
Where the deer and the buffalo play
Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word
Cause buffalo can't talk anyway.
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