Bison
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FROM: Rosalie Little Thunder, Pte Oyate Darrell Geist, Buffalo Field Campaign We write to you still in the aftershock of the unconscionable tribal participation in the most recent government slaughter of wild buffalo in Yellowstone National Park and Montana. We feel compelled to share our insight on how this corrosive process began. In the…
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Citizen Sacrifices Self to Draw Attention to, and Stop Wild Bison Slaughter FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 6, 2014 Contacts: Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0071 Mike Mease, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-640-0109 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, GARDINER BASIN, MT: This morning, Comfrey Jacobs, a twenty-year old citizen concerned for wild bison, placed life, limb and freedom on…
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25 of America’s Last Wild Bison Trapped at Stephens Creek; 20 Shipped to Slaughter A wild bison is confined in Yellowstone’s Stephens Creek Trap National Park Service Photo Click HERE for Print Quality Version FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 12, 2014 Contacts: Dan Brister, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-6506 GARDINER, MONTANA: Yellowstone National Park shipped 20…
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Only difference is this time they might get some real money to waste- Although the appropriation of $35-million to chase Greater Yellowstone elk and bison and try to vaccinate them against brucellosis might seem like a new issue to some, it has been around a long time. Today the Missoulian has an article on it. Farm…
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An article in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle today discusses several recent incidents where small farm flocks of domestic sheep and goats have come into close contact with bighorn sheep and, in some cases, have caused large die-offs of bighorn sheep due to the pneumonia caused by pathogens transmitted from the domestic animals. In other cases…
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It may already be too late Throughout the west, bighorn sheep are seeking out mates and the rams are giving an incredible display by butting heads in competition for ewes. This is a very visible spectacle in the Gardiner Basin of Montana that lies just north of Yellowstone National Park which is filled with many…
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Former Yellowstone superintendent Michael Finley doubts grizzly delisting due to lack of habitat- West Yellowstone, MT. Last weekend the Greater Yellowstone Coalition celebrated the 30th anniversary of its founding back in 1983. Along with honoring the founders, especially activist Rick Reese, and former Board members, the Coalition (GYC) had a prime time panel consisting of…
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Wildlife conservation needs big money to beat back militant ignorance- Over the years those favoring wildlife conservation found a strategy that worked to build up both the number and diversity of wildlife in the United States. Until recently those who saw wildlife only as (1) pests or potential pests or (2) animals waiting to become…
