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[VIDEO] CITIZEN TAKES ACTION TO SHUT DOWN HORSE BUTTE BISON TRAP
Our grasslands are in dire need of restoration and wild bison are the anwer. A bison's hoof shape tills the soil in a natural fashion; they are adapted to this ecosystem. Cattle are not and their hoof shape was fashioned over millenia of wetlands...
Posted 02 March 2008 07:11 AM by smileycoyote | 1 comment(s)
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Yellowstone Bison Slaughter a Sham
Once again the state of Montana, along with Yellowstone National Park, are killing bison migrating out of Yellowstone National Park. The slaughter of Yellowstone’s bison is represented as a disease contamination program, but it is really a sham. If disease...
Posted 15 February 2008 11:58 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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LAKOTA SECEDE FROM U.S. AND ALL TREATIES
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVC1KMTOgwiSoMQyT2LwZc9HyAgA Folks, the Lakota People within the Sioux Nation have disacknowledged all treaties with the United States government and are seceding and proclaiming themselves an independent nation. As...
Posted 22 December 2007 01:03 PM by smileycoyote | 1 comment(s)
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THE PERSECUTION OF THE BISON
This piece came out when, a couple of months ago, about three hundred of the last wild buffalo whose entirety currently stands under four thousand were sentenced to death. It would have included a hundred calves whose only crime was being on national...
Posted 17 July 2007 03:08 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Montana Spring 2007 Yellowstone Bison Slaughter
All the buffalo shown here, including the newborn babies, were sentenced to slaughter on Tuesday, May 29 by the Montana Board of Livestock. Department of Livestock agents are currently constructing a trap in which to capture them and plan on sending every...
Posted 30 May 2007 05:08 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Dispelling the Cowboy Myth: an Interview with George Wuerthner
Open space isn't necessarily good for wildlife or ecosystem protection. If that were the case, then Montana would not have any endangered species. There would be bison, wolves, grizzlies and sage grouse everywhere—but these species are on the...
Posted 21 May 2007 10:34 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Local Papers Spin BFC Arrests, As Expected
"The police involved in the arrests of two Buffalo Field Campaign volunteers may never have their actual actions brought to light, at least as far as the general public is concerned. Cameras and film were confiscated and though the cameras will come...
Posted 13 May 2007 07:19 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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POLICE BLOODY & ARREST FIELD WORKERS FILMING BISON HAZE ON PUBLIC LANDS
The second BFC volunteer was arrested after attempting to document the first volunteer's arrest. The MHP attempted to take the camera away and forcibly placed the volunteer into handcuffs, slammed him to the ground, injuring his face. U.S. Forest...
Posted 10 May 2007 01:53 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Sacred Buffalo, Holy Cow: The Struggle for the Western Range
This piece was first published online at the Buffalo Field Campaign's old website which was, in turn, hosted by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies . Although it is now eight years old, it remains a thorough synopsis of the history of the slaughter...
Posted 06 May 2007 06:06 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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We Ought Not Grow Cows In Dry West
It has been estimated that if all of the ranching that exists from the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains to the west coast of the United States was eliminated that only two percent of the national beef production would be affected. This is because of...
Posted 29 April 2007 01:51 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Yellowstone Buffalo Slaughter History
More wild buffalo have been slaughtered in America in the past ten years than at any time in the last century. Capitalizing on the Indian's complete dependence upon the buffalo, 19th century government leaders launched a campaign to wipe them out...
Posted 22 April 2007 09:47 AM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Cowboy Mentality Dominates Bison Slaughter
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, speaking in 1873: "I would not seriously regret the total disappearance of the buffalo from our western plains, in its effect upon the Indians. I would regard it rather as a means of hastening their...
Posted 14 April 2007 07:39 AM by smileycoyote | 1 comment(s)
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Dems Call for End to Bison "Murder"
The statements by Rehberg and Schweitzer are so full of holes that I could spend several pages rebutting their ludicrous statements but, hopefully, it will suffice to say that brucellosis has never been transmitted from bison to cattle or human in the...
Posted 24 March 2007 04:27 PM by smileycoyote | with no comments
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Illegal Bison Hunts Deemed Just Fine
Imagine: you are making breakfast in your quaint Yellowstone area home and you look out the window above your sink. You see a man about a hundred yards away stalking something and he is armed with two high powered rifles. He walks just a few feet outside...
Posted 28 January 2007 05:00 PM by smileycoyote | 1 comment(s)
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