Obama Signs Law Making Bison the First National Mammal (Published 2016)
www.nytimes.com
The United States has named its first national mammal, giving the title to a species that once stretched from the forests of Alaska to the grasslands of Mexico.

Despite, only this year they will finally make the bald eagle the national bird. Which, I also learned that they are not official symbols until a President signs a document for them to be. It is just a recognized symbol but not official. (Just my opinion but why do they really need a bill for this? What changes would making anything like this official really do?)

Here is a list of other US symbols (article includes links to other countries of the world national symbols, some official, some not made official) if you are interested:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_the_United_States

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    20 hours ago

    perhaps it was meant as a way to pay honor to the species rather than forgotten completely?

    nahhh, you’re probably right. Obama was a malicious sadistic removed of a president that actually took great pleasure in hunting endangered species.

    /s

    • ComradeSharkfuckerEnglish
      31·
      17 hours ago

      I wasn’t suggesting he did this out of malice I was suggesting he did this with zero regard for how it might be viewed by American natives

      Edit: did not see the /s but my point stands.