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Montana Department of Livestock

  • Today's statement by Buffalo Field Campaign on the hazing

    Ralph Maughan

    PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS VIOLATED BY LIVESTOCK AGENTS HAZING WILD BISON: Property Owners Welcome Bison, Not DOL, on Cattle-Free Horse Butte FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 29, 2008 Press Contacts: Janae & Rob Galanis, 406-646-4848 Ed & Vicky Millspaugh, Hebgen Lake Estates, 406-646-9176, (cell) 406-580-0321 Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0070 WEST YELLOWSTONE, MT – With…

  • Bison to be hazed off of Horse Butte, despite private property

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana Department of Livestock is expected to haze the bison off of Horse Butte today, despite the fact that most are on private property, whose owners welcome the bison. The hard pressed bison have been gaining much needed nutrition from the lush grass and forbs after the winter of starvation and slaughter. The excuse from…

  • Montana promise bison slaughter was over not true. It continues.

    Ralph Maughan

    This is from the Buffalo Field Campaign. I edited it to put all their links at the end (suggestion, more people will read the news if they find it quickly). Ralph Maughan _____________________________________ Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field May 1, 2008 —————————— In this issue: * Update from the Field *…

  • The plight of Yellowstone bison

    Ralph Maughan

    I was recently in the Park. The snow is incredibly deep in mid-April (deep even for winter). It is snowfree, however, at Gardiner (typical — strong rainshadow). That is where the wintering wildlife migrate to and then north out of the Park. They all do it, except for bison it is an almost certain death…

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