And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-URL: http://www.egroups.com/list/buffalo-rescue/ >X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 20:24:12 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (by way of Buffalo Folks) >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [buffalo-rescue] 8 Yellowstone buffalo hauled to slaughter > >Reminder January 9th, noon, moment of prayer for buffalo >may all our voices sing out for the buffalo... > >------------------------------------- >Eight buffalo have left West Yellowstone on their >way to the slaughterhouse. Six were bulls. No possible >way that they could transmit brucellosis!! There have >been three arrests - Buffalo Nations volunteers who tried >to intervene. >Further info will be up on January 9th at http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo >-------------------------------------- > >The following article appeared today in the Bozeman, >Chronicle chronicling this episode: > >First bison captured for slaughter >by Scott McMillion - Chronicle Staff Writer > >The Montana Department of Livestock has captured its first >bison of the winter, and eight of them were scheduled for >a trip to the slaughterhouse this morning. > >However, protesters managed to free one animal from the >trap on private land north of West Yellowstone, and one >member of protest group Buffalo Nations was arrested for >trespassing. > >DOL officials have been hazing bison repeatedly until >now, but deepening snow makes such operations useless, >State Veterinarian Arnold Gertonson said Thursday. > >"We haze them back and they just keep coming out" of >Yellowstone National Park, Gertonson said. > >Eleven bison entered the trap Wednesday night, but >Buffalo Nations protesters opened the gate and released >one of them before DOL officials could secure the trap. > >"They ran up and opened the gate," Gertonson said. >"Our guys were at the other end of the facility." Those >people weren't caught. > >Both DOL and Buffalo Nations, a group of protesters >living in the West Yellowstone area who have vowed to >interfere with DOL's every step, issued press releases >Thursday maintaining they had saved the lives of bison. > >Protesters chased into the park 10 more bison grazing >near the trap, the group said. > >DOL maintains it saves the lives of bison by trapping >them and testing them for the disease brucellosis. > >Now that hazing is proving futile, without testing bison >for disease the agency's only other option is to shoot all >bison that leave the park, DOL says. > >Buffalo Nations members also interfered with the most >recent hazing operation, DOL acting executive officer >Marc Bridges said in the release. He maintained that Buffalo >Nations will cause the death of more bison if they keep >the animals away from traps. > >"It is very unfortunate and frustrating to know that these >actions are likely only to increase the number of bison that >we can't protect this winter," he said. > >One Buffalo Nations member was arrested for trespassing >earlier in the day. > >He entered the trap and placed himself in a chute used to >load bison into stock trailers. > >Peter Leusch, of Driggs, Idaho, was released after posting >$300 bond. > >"The capture, hazing or shooting of buffalo in the the West >Yellowstone area is completely ludicrous," Leusch said in >the press release. "There are no cattle in the area now, >and there will not be until June 15. This operation by the >state and cooperating federal agencies is nothing short of >a waste of taxpayer money, and a slaughter of one of our >national treasures." > >Buffalo Nations spokesman Michael Bowersox said members of >his group would maintain a "vigil" outside the trap through- >out the night and vowed to interfere with today's shipment. > >"We probably will take nonviolent direct action to stop >these buffalo from being shipped to slaughter," Bowersox said. > >Gertonson said late Thursday the animals were to be kept >overnight in the trap because of logistical problems arranging >transportation and slaughterhouse facilities. > >The 10 bison include seven bulls and three cows. Six of >the bulls tested positive for brucellosis exposure, as did >two of the cows. Those animals also are pregnant. All positive >animals will be shipped to slaughter, with their meat to be >donated to Indian tribes or charitable organizations. > >The remaining two animals tested negative and will be >released, Gertonson said. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >For the absolute lowest price on Video/PC Games visit: >http://ads.egroups.com/click/58/1/bottomdollar > >eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/buffalo-rescue >Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com > <<<<=-=-=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
