And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:26:13 -0700 >To: "Wild Rockies Alerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Wild Rockies InfoNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: DOL Captures 4 Bison and Harasses Wildlife in W. Yellowstone >Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Department of Livestock Captures 4 Bison and Harasses Wildlife >in West Yellowstone > >One Volunteer Arrested While Documenting Bison Capture Operation > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 1999 >Media Contacts: Mike Mease, Sue Nackoney, (406) 646-0070 > >WEST YELLOWSTONE: Today 3 Department of Livestock agents on snowmobiles >hazed four bull buffalo from Red Canyon, down the highway and into their >capture facility at Duck Creek. These buffalo mingled with elk over the >last 3 weeks outside of Yellowstone park. Several elk were forced to run >and struggle through 4 feet of snow by DOL snowmobiles when the hazing >began. Jesse Haag, 17, was arrested when he tried to video document the >hazing. > >Law enforcement officers allowed public vehicles to pass their hazing >operation, but not Buffalo Field Campaign volunteers who were documenting >the hazing. Jesse Haag was arrested when he pulled a truck in front of law >enforcement in order to video tape the hazing. He is charged with four >separate traffic violations. > >"The public has a right to see what is happening to the Yellowstone >buffalo. If the DOL has something to hide, then they are the wrong agency >to manage the herd. We hold this agency responsible to the public for their >atrocious actions against the buffalo," stated Jesse Haag of Buffalo Field >Campaign. > >One of the captured buffalo had been tagged and released from a prior >capture by DOL on January 14, and has been hazed over 3 times. All of >these buffalo had been chased in a prior DOL operation on February 2. > >"During the hazing of these very same buffalo earlier this month, the DOL >gave a heroic account of how they tried to haze the buffalo back into the >park. This is the ultimate deception, and today's capture proves it. The >DOL is not protecting buffalo, they are killing them," said Jared Brennan, >Buffalo Field Campaign volunteer. > >All of the captive buffalo are bulls, who are considered "low risk" for >brucellosis transmission by the federal Animal Plant Health Inspection >Service (APHIS). APHIS has stated its willingness to accept the presence of >bison in Montana who pose a low risk for brucellosis transmission , such as >bulls, yearlings, calves and non-pregnant females. The presence of >brucellosis exposed buffalo in the state is not cause for revocation of >Montana's brucellosis free status under APHIS guidelines. > >The test that the DOL uses to determine the fate of its captive bison is >highly unreliable. Of the 8 buffalo who were captured and tested positive >for brucellosis at the capture facility on January 7, only two tested >positive for brucellosis according to a more accurate tissue culture. Both >were "low risk"" bulls. > >Video and still photos available upon request. > >-31- > >Buffalo Field Campaign >(formerly Buffalo Nations) >PO Box 957 >West Yellowstone, MT 59758 >406-646-0070 phone >406-646-0071 fax >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo > >************************************************************************ >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >News Submissions or Problems: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >This list is a public service provided by WIN: http://www.wildrockies.org > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
