http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/
* Make Change with your Buffalo Nickels! Less than 200 years ago buffalo numbered 30-60 million in this country (USA), roaming from coast to coast. They fed, sheltered, and clothed a nation. They were held in the highest regard by the First Peoples of this land. When explorers Lewis and Clark set out on their westward expedition for the U.S. Government, they encountered buffalo so numerous they darkened the plains, like a vast ocean. The new nickel released into circulation by the U.S. Mint depicts a bull buffalo on the flip side to commemorate and celebrate this ecological richness, and the 500,000 buffalo alive in the country today that supposedly demonstrate a "conservation success." Yet the vast majority of the country's buffalo aren't even pure buffalo - they contain cattle genes. They are not wild. They do not migrate. They are fenced in. They are raised and treated as livestock. Today the reality is that there are only 15,000 genetically pure buffalo left in the country, and only 4,200 of these - the Yellowstone herd - are wild and unfenced and have continuously occupied their native range. To be truly wild, they must be free and that means the buffalo need room to roam, unmolested. But as evidenced by the actions of the Department of Livestock (and participating federal agents), Montana refuses buffalo freedom. If this is how we are going to treat the last wild herd then we feel there is nothing to celebrate. It's time to put our money where our mouth is. If you hold any of these new buffalo nickels, we call on you to make change. Send your buffalo nickels to Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer. Give him your five cents about the buffalo and tell him to put your buffalo nickel toward purchasing habitat for wild buffalo in Montana. Send your buffalo nickels to Governor Schweitzer at: Office of the Governor PO Box 200801 State Capitol Helena MT 59620-0801 USA Tamara Wyndham http://www.tamarawyndham.com We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly. -- E.M. Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
