Take Action: Tell the Park Service to Save Yellowstone's Buffalo, Not Slaughter Them!

Tell the Park Service to Save Yellowstone's Buffalo, Not Slaughter Them!

We must halt the brutal killing of Yellowstone’s buffalo by the National Park Service and Montana’s Department of Livestock. It is unconscionable that more than 1,000 buffalo from America’s last wild, free-roaming herd have been sent to the slaughterhouse this winter. Tell the National Park Service to be the guardian of our country’s wild bison -- not their executioner!

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Director Mary Bomar, National Park Service

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[Decision Maker],

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I urge you to immediately halt the slaughter of Yellowstone's buffalo herd.

This is America's last, free-roaming herd -- the descendents of the 23 buffalo that were given sanctuary in the park after the mass eradication of this species in the 19th century.  The National Park Service should be acting as the guardian of this herd -- not its executioner.

While the brutal slaughter of these buffalo has been justified on the grounds of preventing the spread of brucellosis, there are roughly 100 cows grazing in the lands where these buffalo roam.  As you know, this risk of disease is largely theoretical and wildly exaggerated since brucellosis has never been transmitted from bison to cattle in a natural setting -- and these cows can be vaccinated against the disease if they haven't been already.

The fact that more than 1,000 wild buffalo have been slaughtered this winter for the sake of 100 cows is a travesty and an outrage.

It is time for the National Park Service to stop exterminating buffalo and start protecting them. I call on you to:

1) Stop the capture and slaughter of buffalo inside Yellowstone National Park. The park should be a safe haven for buffalo.

2) Lead federal and state authorities in developing a common-sense buffalo management plan that takes into account changed circumstances in the Yellowstone area that eliminate the need to slaughter buffalo. Those changes include permission for buffalo to graze on public lands where cattle have been removed -- north and west of Yellowstone Park -- as well as on private lands where the landowners support buffalo.

3) Protect buffalo on the north side that need to migrate to lower elevation lands in order to survive harsh winter months by arranging for them to use the 7,900-acre conservation easement that the Forest Service has acquired.

Yellowstone's buffalo are a national treasure and should be safeguarded. Please put an immediate stop to the slaughter of these noble creatures and put a plan in place that will protect them.

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