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] Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:38:03 -0600 From: John Russell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Subject: [buffalo-rescue] [Fwd: Montana Statute 81-2-120] For some odd reason this message didn't get through in it's entirety so here is a repost. (Hopefully) John Russell wrote: There are a couple of things in this that I didn't know and perhaps they should be pointed out to all. . (c) the live wild buffalo or bison may be captured, tested, quarantined, and vaccinated. Wild buffalo or bison that are certified by the state veterinarian as brucellosis-free may be: (i) sold to help defray the costs that the department incurs in building, maintaining, and operating necessary facilities related to the capture, testing, quarantine, or vaccination of the wild buffalo or bison; It looks to me that if they want they can kill any and all buffalo they capture, regardless if they are free of disease or not. And this is disturbing also: (d) Proceeds from the sale of live, brucellosis-free, vaccinated wild buffalo or bison must be deposited in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department. (e) Any revenue generated in excess of the costs referred to in subsection (1)(c)(i) must be deposited in the state special revenue fund provided for in 87-1-513(2). It looks like one hell of a way for the MDOL and the state of Montana to make potentially a lot of money if the can slaughter the buffalo in numbers of 1000 or more. So there you have it, any wild buffalo that wanders on to state or private land can be killed, regardless of whether it is diseased or not, and sold by MDOL for a profit to itself and the state of Montana. Does anyone still believe this is only about disease control? Also does anyone know if the State has to make public the records of what happens to this money or does it end up in some political slush fund for the benefit of a few crooked politicians? (Like Gov. Racicot) And then they have the nerve to wonder why Montana is looked down on by the rest of the nation as the home for a bunch of kooks, militia nuts and white supremacists. The answer why is simple: The state government of Montana is "their kind of people". <<<<=-=-=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
