Bison
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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
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Today’s Buffalo Field Campaign Update from the Field features a compelling account of BFC’s patrol coming upon a buffalo injured by a collision with the sheriff’s vehicle and the group’s introspective struggle with how to best proceed. When we returned, she had not moved. Her condition had not seemed to change. Patrols radioed in to…