In search of the buffalo

There is always talk about what happened to the buffalo at Central Terminal. As many know, the very first buffalo was a stuffed buffalo owned by the Buffalo Science Museum and used as an advertisement.

When they took it back, it was replaced with a plaster buffalo painted to look bronze – and this is the one most people remember. During the 90s it was knocked over by a pick up truck and shattered.

Years later the University at Buffalo was looking for a buffalo to have on campus and tracked down the original molds which were used in the creation of the plaster Central Terminal buffalo. They recast him in bronze and he now sits in front of the Arts building on the North Campus.

Now we need your help. Someone attended Doors Open Niagara in October and said that UB has the molds, that he walks by them ever day. We are looking for more details on the molds, so if you are anyone you know works at UB and knows who to talk to about looking at the molds please contact us at webmaster@buffalocentralterminal.org