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  • Yellowstone to set record bison slaughter today.

    Ralph Maughan

    A real black mark will be set today as Yellowstone Park sends 200 more bison to slaughter. Below is part of an update from the Buffalo Field Campaign. – – – – – – Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field March 13, 2008 —————————— AMERICAN BISON ELIMINATED from the last wild population…

  • The True Cost of Brucellosis

    Ralph Maughan

    Robert Hoskins has a very good guest column in New West today (Feb. 7, 2008). The True Cost of Brucellosis. I fixed the link. RM

  • Bison Advocates and Horse Butte Landowners Call For Changed Management

    Ralph Maughan

    The news release below was posted March 4. This morning, this article appeared in the Billings Gazette. Activists try to stop bison hazing. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette. The headline is poorly descriptive. – – – – – – – – For release. March 4, 2008 Contact: Timothy Preso, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Michael Mease, Buffalo…

  • Why is Yellowstone destroying its bison herd? Editorial by Bob Jackson

    Ralph Maughan

    Ed. note: Bob Jackson was a notable backcountry ranger in Yellowstone Park for 30 years. I covered a number of stories about him on my old web site. Now he is a private bison rancher. _______________ Why is Yellowstone Destroying its bison herd? By Bob Jackson. I spent 30 years in Yellowstone protecting its resources,…

  • Nez Perce Tribe, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks clash over hunt for bison

    Ralph Maughan

    The tribe is unhappy that the bison hunt was ended Feb. 15, so that the serious slaughter of bison could be begin. The solution to the entire controversy is to let the bison roam outside Yellowstone Park, but that will be over Montana Department of Livestock’s stinking corpse. Story in the Billings Gazette. By Mike…

  • Citizen Takes Action To Shut Down Bison Trap

    Brian Ertz

     A lot of bad news recently concerning buffalo being captured for slaughter to appease Livestock. This press release from the Buffalo Field Campaign: CITIZEN TAKES ACTION TO SHUT DOWN BISON TRAP “I called, I wrote, and no response…This is my response.” For Immediate Release, February 25, 2008 Contact:  Buffalo Field Campaign, Stephany Seay or Mike…

  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming hunters take 266 bison

    Ralph Maughan

    I generally think this is a good thing. The Jackson Hole bison herd, unlike the Yellowstone bison, are not constrained by a shortage of winter range because they, like the Jackson Hole elk, are artificially fed during the winter. The result is a herd that is only constrained by its summer range unless there is…

  • Yellowstone Bison Slaughter a Sham

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana DOL in complicity with Yellowstone Park is at it again, corraling bison, from inside the Park, and sending most to slaughter. Rather than repeat my past reasoning about this, or my rants, there is a good article by George Wuerthner in New West. Yellowstone Bison Slaughter a Sham. By George Wuerthner. New West.

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