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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:38:40 -0700
To: "Stop the Slaughter" <Stop-the-Slaughter@vortex.wildrockies.org>
From: Buffalo Folks <stop-the-slaughter@wildrockies.org>
Subject: watch nightline for buffalo coverage on Tuesday
 

2/6/00 _ Greetings Friends of the buffalo-

Despite the fact that there is only one buffalo outside of
Yellowstone National Park, things have been very busy here
at the Buffalo Field Campaign.  In the past two weeks, the
Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) has tried to haze the
old bull four times without success, chasing him from
snowmobiles and snowshoes, firing cracker-barrel rounds at
him from shotguns, and generally harassing the bull in an
attempt to force him back to the park.  The buffalo has been
grazing for the past few weeks in a meadow on the Gallatin
National Forest.

The ostensible reason for the harassment, which is funded
with tax dollars, is the state's fear that the bull could
pass brucellosis to cattle.  But there won't be cattle on
these national forest lands until the middle of June.  Even
if there were, a bull buffalo would have to mate with a
domestic cow in order to pass the bacteria.  Buffalo don't
mate with livestock.  Even the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), the federal agency with the
power to declare a state "brucellosis free" has publicly
stated that the presence of the bull poses no threat to
Montana's brucellosis free status.  Yet the state insists on
needlessly harassing the lone bull.

Nightline, who was here shooting film for an investigative
piece on the Yellowstone buffalo, had their cameras rolling
as the DOL tried for the second time to haze the bull.
Their footage of the operation, along with film shot by our
volunteers over the years, will air on Tuesday night at
8pm.  The Nightline crew spent several days with us,
accompanying our patrols in the field and attending our
nightly meetings.  In addition to the Nightline piece, A&E
will be airing an investigative report on our work and the
Yellowstone bison situation on Thursday, 2/24 at 9pm.

We'd like to thank all the folks who have done presentations
at camp. Thanks to the 1st aiders, to Flo for her
brucellosis/native american insights and to Doug Peacock and
Greg Keeler, who entertained us this past Saturday night
with a special evening of grizzly bear stories and activist
campfire songs.  It was great to come in from patrol and
share our cabin with people whose work has inspired us so
much over the years.

A big thanks to the many folks whose continued support makes
our work possible. Without you there would be no Buffalo
Field Campaign.

More nfo on all at:
http://www.wildrockies,org/buffalo

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To find out the "in the field" info directly from Buffalo Field
Campaign go to: http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo
Getting the word out is critical and BFC is the only group working
365 days a year in Yellowstone with the buffalo.

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New Compilation Buffalo Video Available

Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers has a compilation video available on the
Yellowstone buffalo. Plan B, The Buffalo's Alternative is a brief
scientific advocacy piece on long-term management strategies to allow
buffalo to roam free in Yellowstone. Buffalo Bull is a more in-depth
documentary on the Yellowstone buffalo slaughter. Where the Buffalo
Roam profiles the field campaign and their efforts to protect the
Yellowstone buffalo herd. To purchase the video send a check or money
order for $20 to Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers; PO Box 7941 Missoula, MT
59807.
Elders and educators can receive a video at a discount please send a
query to mailto:cmcr@wildrockies.org or call our office at
406-728-0867.
_________________________________

Getting the word out is key... please take a moment and look at your
local paper and send us contact info for the editor.  Both email and
fax are appreciated! please send contact info to
stop-the-slaughter@wildrockies.org

A&E piece on BFC will air on Thursday 2/24 at 9pm EST.
 

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