Yellowstone National Park
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George Wuerthner gives us the facts on the brucellosis fraud- Bison Slaughter A Smoke Screen for Livestock Industry. “The on-going slaughter of Yellowstone National Park bison is justified on the basis of disease control—namely trying to prevent transmission of brucellosis from bison to cattle. While the potential economic impact brucellosis is real, the likelihood is…
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Conservationists Seek Emergency Injunction To Prevent Slaughter of Yellowstone Bison Harsh Winter Conditions May Lead to Repeat of 2008 Slaughter Contacts: Tom Woodbury, Western Watersheds Project: (406) 830-3099 Dan Brister, Buffalo Field Campaign: (406) 726-5555 Mike Mease, Buffalo Field Campaign: (406) 646-0071 Glenn Hockett, Gallatin Wildlife Association: (406) 581-6352 HELENA, MONTANA – A coalition of…
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Those that test positive for brucellosis exposure to be slaughtered The slaughter of bison in Yellowstone has begun in earnest. Today Buffalo Field Campaign volunteers witnessed the capture of at least 300 buffalo in the Stephens Creek capture facility. It appears that 13 of the bison captured were from the group of 25 allowed to…
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Good news is hard to come by in this issue. Here is today’s Buffalo Field Campaign weekly update. Buffalo Field Campaign is the only group working in the field and in the policy arena to protect America’s last wild buffalo. Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field January 27, 2011 —————————— —————————— * ACTION…
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The snow is deep, in fact it’s 130% of average in Yellowstone this year. That makes for a bad situation if you are a buffalo there. Do you try to stay in the Park where you can’t get to the food that you know is under all of that snow or do you follow your…
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Latest is 4,635 elk, count is down 24 percent from 6,070 last winter- Wolf population was over 100, 5 years ago; now down to 37-* Update. Leader of the Yellowstone wolf team, Dr. Doug Smith talks about the elk situation on Montana Public Radio News. Note that it is not the first story in the…
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More on the Royal Teton Ranch bison grazing deal My earlier article about the Church Universal and Triumphant’s $3.3 million deal with the government and some conservation groups for bison grazing has spurred the AnimalTourism blog to do some more investigation into the value of the Royal Teton Ranch itself. What they conclude is pretty…
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Federal wolf update is only official wolf news out there now- Here is the latest update from Ed Bangs office, the only government folks in the West who seem to be regularly producing data now. It says it’s for Wyoming, but it also gives Yellowstone Park news, Oregon news and other wolf news. There is…