Maria Daines
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1/26/2007 1:35:18 AM
Buffalo Field Campaign Newsletter, not good news...
Buffalo Field Campaign
Yellowstone Bison
Update from the Field
January 25, 2007
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In this Issue:
* Update from the Field
* Yellowstone Buffalo Illegally Shot by Hunter
* Send Some Wild BuffaLove this Valentine's Day!
* Upcoming Events in Montana ~ Represent the Last Wild Buffalo!
* Last Words
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* Update from the Field
Dear Buffalo Friends,
... And then there were none. After this week's painful events, this
is how the Update starts. But we have also won a small victory for
the living buffalo that remain within Yellowstone National Park.
Since November, BFC has been sharing with you stories of our time in
the company of a group of magnificent bull bison who thought they had
found a safe place to winter on Horse Butte: Yellowstone
Village/Hebgen Lake Estates. The people in this neighborhood are
good friends to the buffalo and thoroughly enjoy coexisting with
these gentle giants. The buffalo certainly felt safe there and made
it their winter home. We are very sad to report that the last three
Yellowstone buffalo that had been wintering in this area have all
been killed by so-called hunters. These were the only three buffalo
in Montana on this side of Yellowstone. There are no more buffalo in
Montana here along Yellowstone's western boundary.
In the previous phase of Montana's hunt, 24 out of 25 hunters in West
Yellowstone were skunked. Fine with us. But the reasons are
ridiculous; it's because there are no wild buffalo in Montana. They
are ecologically extinct. The blame rests on Montana's
zero-tolerance against wild buffalo and the federal government who so
willingly assists in carrying out Montana's buffalo death-wishes.
With no other buffalo out of the park to kill, trucks loaded with
people and guns had been scouting out the Horse Butte neighborhood,
practically drooling over a chance to kill one of the three remaining
gentle giants. Their desperation has been growing.
On Monday, for the first time this season, the three bulls jumped a
fence from the buffalo safe neighborhood, onto the Munns property. We
had been told that there was no hunting allowed there, either, but
apparently not all the Munns brothers had been in agreement. A
hunter got permission from one of the brothers to kill a buffalo and
the next morning a terrible event occurred. Please see below for a
full account of the day's events, including a firsthand account from
a BFC volunteer, news stories, BFC video, and photos. Thanks to BFC
patrols, two of our cameras captured the event which resulted in
criminal charges against the gunner. BFC video footage revealed
illegal actions by the hunter which lead Montana Fish, Wildlife &
Parks to confiscate the bull. This was the leading news story in
Montana on Tuesday night.
The two remaining bulls left the neighborhood yesterday. In the very
same field where they had been safe for months their brother had been
shot, wounded, left for dead, suffered for two hours, and was later
gutted and torn apart. Agents used snowmobiles to drag out the
parts of his massive body and deliver his flesh to a food bank. His
huge heart and organs are all that's lef
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