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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:39:08 -0700
To: "Stop the Slaughter" <Stop-the-Slaughter@vortex.wildrockies.org>
From: Buffalo Folks <stop-the-slaughter@wildrockies.org>
Subject: Quick Update from the Frontlines & other Buffalo Newz....
 

Greetings!

Just want to remind you that this Thursday night, February 24th,
there will be an investigative report on A&E, on the Buffalo Field
Campaign and the slaughter of the Yellowstone buffalo.  I am unsure
of broadcast times so best to check your local programming.  Probably
9 pm Eastern, thus adjust for your time zone!

Things are well here at camp.  We have around thirty volunteers right
now and the Dept. of Livestock has not attempted to haze in almost
two weeks.  The weather is a bit frightening as it has been in the
upper 30s during the day and barely 0 at night!  They do say a cold
front is on its way though.

Hope everyone is able to catch A&E!  Take care all.

For the Buffalo,
Tiffany
Buffalo Field Campaign
(formerly Buffalo Nations)
PO Box 957
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
406-646-0070 phone
406-646-0071 fax
mailto:buffalo@wildrockies.org

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Please take 5 minutes and write a quick note!
Contact your Governor and see if he can help...Ask him/her to contact
the President and let him know that your state's constituents are
concerned about the plight of the nation's last wild buffalo!
Governor's addresses are at:
http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo/speak/govnerz.html

President Clinton's address is:
Pres. Bill Clinton; mailto:president@whitehouse.gov
The White House mailing address is:
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1414 Fax: (202) 456-2461

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Opinion from the Bozeman Chronicle
(more news stories at http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo/press99/press99.html)
 

By Michael S. Mease
02/21/2000
'Nightline' took bison problem national

I feel compelled to share with Montana taxpayers the activities of
the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) over the last three weeks.
  This winter, we have been blessed with very mild weather. The
buffalo have responded, except for one bull buffalo, by staying
inside Yellowstone Park. This lone buffalo has taken refuge a mile
outside the park on the Madison River. As a bull he has no
possibility of transmitting brucellosis to the cows that will return
to the area on June 15.
  This Thursday, Feb. 10, marked the fifth attempt by the MDOL to
harass the bull, with a view to either haze it back into the park or
capture it in their trap. When the MDOL come out to haze they do not
work alone. Members of the Gallatin County Sheriff's Department,
Montana Highway Patrol, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks,
and the U.S. Forest Service assisted the DOL.
  Each hazing operation lasts about five to six hours. Apart from
forcing buffalo to run through snow for hours at a time, hazing can
involve snowmobiles knocking down trees and being run through creeks
and tributaries of the Madison River. It also unnecessarily stresses
other wildlife in the area and wastes untold amounts of tax dollars.
The minimum cost to the taxpayer of these hazing operations is,
according to my estimation, between $5,000 and $6,000.
  Last week's TV broadcast of a "Nightline" investigative piece showed
beyond a doubt the lack of reason behind Montana's stubborn refusal
to change the policy which lies behind these hazings. I encourage
everyone, therefore, to contact the MDOL and Gov. Racicot and demand
that this insanity stop at once. Maybe then the MDOL will leave our
bull alone and keep their bull up in Helena, where everyone is used
to it.
  Michael S. Mease
  P.O. Box 957
  West Yellowstone

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A Quick request...
It's cold in West Yellowstone and volunteers are in need of warm
boots.  If you have any good Sorrels or insulated boots that need a
home, we'd happily welcome them! (We can also use good cross country
ski boots)
If you know of one of your local businesses or manufacturers that
could donate boots, the donation would be fully tax deductible!
Thanks so much.
Warmly,
the volunteers at BFC

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New info daily : http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo
We still material for our art/thoughts section!
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BFC is the only group working 365 days a year in Yellowstone with the buffalo.

Please take the time to alert national media sources that you are
interested in them covering this issue.
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Schedule a showing of the Buffalo Compilation Video in your
community.  for more info: mailto:buffalo@wildrockies.org

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