Bison need your help!

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Did you know that some of America's last free-roaming, wild bison are being

slaughtered by state and federal officials in Montana?

 

Please write to Montana tourism officials to speak out against this shameful

practice. Just follow this link:

 

http://action.defenders.org/saveyellowstonebison

 

Each winter, Yellowstone National Park bison migrate from snow-covered highlands

to lower elevations outside the park's boundaries in search of food.

 

But because of an unfounded fear that bison will transmit a disease called

brucellosis to domestic cattle, bison face a grim fate -- even though there has

never been a documented case of a wild bison transmitting the disease to cattle.

 

Once these majestic animals cross park boundaries, federal and Montana state

officials chase bison back into the park where food is scarce -- or they are

shipped off to slaughter.

 

This year alone, more than 1,100 bison have been killed -- nearly a quarter of

the wild population. This is no way to manage one of the icons of the American

West.

 

Write to Montana tourism officials today and speak out against the bison

slaughter:

 

http://action.defenders.org/saveyellowstonebison

 

Thanks!

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