And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A quote from the article... "Mease said he fears DOL will run the animals to death or cause injury to people. "They're hurting them," he said. He also fears the stress of running animals, sometimes for several miles, through deep snows, will cause pregnant females to abort. "They're creating the very problem they're concerned about," he said. "Aborted fetuses."" <http://www3.gomontana.com/> By SCOTT McMILLION Chronicle Staff Writer 12/29/1998 Buffalo Nations rattles sabers over hazing A leader of a protest group that opposes repeated hazing of bison in the West Yellowstone area said Monday he could not rule out direct interference with the hazing. "I'm not saying yes and I'm not saying no," said Mike Mease, co-founder of the protest group Buffalo Nations. "There might be individuals within our group that might be considering it." Last winter, a handful of Buffalo Nations members were arrested for interfering -- or attempting to interfere -- with Montana Department of Livestock officials when they captured or killed bison. Such activities are known as "direct action" and last winter consisted mostly of people locking themselves to equipment or defying orders to stay out of areas. Interfering with a herd of running bison being chased by people on snowmobiles could pose some obvious hazards. Mease's group sent out a press release Sunday maintaining DOL is harming bison and other wildlife with the hazing. "We simply are not going to stand by and watch as DOL agents haze these animals to death," said group member Dan Brister. ----see complete article at url above----