And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:35:03 -0700 >To: "Wild Rockies Alerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Wild Rockies InfoNet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: -50 F and Buffalo Nations is still going strong! >Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Update from the field, December 21: Solstice > >The winter solstice brings us our coldest temperatures yet! When we woke up >this morning it was -50 F. At this point, zero degrees would feel warm! > >The Department of Livestock has been busy over the last few weeks, chasing >buffalo and waging their war of dis-information to the public. At one point >in early December, there were over 100 buffalo outside of the park! It was >quite a sight--one morning there were 40 buffalo, including mothers and >yearlings all together in a field. Seeing them, you could almost imagine >what the plains might have looked like a century ago. > >By December 11, the DOL had chased those buffalo back into the park at least >seven times, only to find them right back in the same place the next day or >in some cases the same day. It is amazing how far a buffalo will walk when >it has made up its mind to be somewhere. DOL'ers on snowmobiles chased a >group of buffalo over 12 miles back into the park, only to have them return >the next day. It has been really sad to watch the harassment of these >animals--they have to jump over fences, run down highways, and totally >ignore what their instincts are telling them. > >At sunrise one morning, the DOL ended up hazing a herd of 100 elk over >fences and back to the park. One elk even flipped over the fence and landed >on its head--luckily we were there with our video cameras, and our footage >was aired on national television. Media coverage is picking up throughout >the region. > >The DOL continues to insist that they are protecting buffalo when nothing >could be further from the truth. By forcing the buffalo to run in this >weather, their actions can cause death just as certainly as shooting them. >Buffalo need to be conserving their energy to travel along their >traditional migration route to areas where they can access food and to >survive the harsh weather. The most nonsensical part of the DOL's rationale >is their insistence that their actions are protecting cattle from >brucellosis. In actuality there are no cattle in the area until June! > >On December 14, Buffalo Nations and local supporters held a rally at the >local district office of the Gallatin National Forest. It was probably the >first protest they had ever seen there! We gathered to protest the Forest >Service's approval for the DOL to build a new bison capture facility. Our >signs got honks and waves of support from passing traffic, and local >newspapers and television gave us prominent regional coverage. So far, the >Forest Service has put a new gate near the site of the capture facility and >has re-routed a snowmobile trail near the area, but the DOL has not yet begun >to construct the facility. > >The agencies that are supposed to manage buffalo are deceiving the public at >the buffalo's expense. Each continues to insist that they "hate to kill >buffalo" when in reality all of their policies are in place and ready to >begin the killing again. Our presence and voice is the only thing that >will save buffalo from death this winter. > >Please help support our front lines campaign--we have volunteers coming >from as far as England and Australia, and many who have never experienced >such cold temperatures. We are in desperate need of warm gear--baliclava >hats, super-warm mittens, wool socks, warm winter boots, and wool pants. We >also need reliable snowmobiles, as this is the only way that we can follow >the DOL everywhere they go. And volunteers are always needed--if you want >to protect the buffalo, there is a bunk and warm place by our wood stove >here for you! > >Always feel free to call the Department of Livestock to tell them that they >aren't fooling anyone with their hazing activities. Demand that they allow >the buffalo to roam freely outside of Yellowstone. Call toll-free in >Montana 1-800-523-3162 or (406) 444-2023 and speak to Marc Bridges, acting >director of the DOL. > >Buffalo Nations >PO Box 957 >West Yellowstone, MT 59758 >406-646-0070 phone >406-646-0071 fax >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >************************************************************************ >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 > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
